Bayswater tube station

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Bayswater
Bayswater
Location
Place Queensway
Local authority Westminster
Operations
Managed by London Underground
Platforms in use 2
Transport for London
Zone 1
2005 annual usage 8.557 million †
2007 annual usage 6.043 million †
History
Key dates Opened 1868
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]


Bayswater tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 1 on the Circle and District lines. It is between Notting Hill Gate and Paddington.

Bayswater was opened October 1, 1868, just 5 years after the London Underground started. It was renamed several times: to Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove in 1923, to Bayswater (Queen's Road) in 1933 and to Bayswater (Queensway) in 1946. The suffix was eventually dropped.

It has a single entrance which opens up to the west side of Queensway (W2) in the City of Westminster. Just a few minutes walk away, at the southern end of Queensway, is a Central line London Underground station, Queensway.

Bayswater Road is famous in English literature, including the novels of John Galsworthy, collectively known as the Forsyte Saga and for its shopping centre with many bars and restaurants offering many different cusines. Only two minutes away from the Bayswater tube station there is Inverness Terrace. You will find many places to stay there. This makes it very convenient to the tourists who want to explore London.

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Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Victoria
 Circle line
towards Wimbledon
 District line
towards Edgware Road


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