West Brompton station
West Brompton | |
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West Brompton Location of West Brompton in Greater London | |
Location | West Brompton |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Managed by | London Underground[1] |
Station code | WBP |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Accessible | Yes (except District westbound platform)[2] |
Fare zone | 2 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2011 | 4.25 million[3] |
2012 | 4.54 million[3] |
2013 | 4.61 million[3] |
2014 | 4.47 million[3] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2008–09 | 0.64 million[4] |
2009–10 | 0.88 million[4] |
2010–11 | 1.50 million[4] |
2011–12 | 2.104 million[4] |
2012–13 | 2.502 million[4] |
2013–14 | 2.524 million[4] |
Key dates | |
1866 | Opened (WLEJR) |
1869 | Started (Terminus) (DR) |
1880 | Started (Through Service) (DR) |
1940 | Ended (WLL) |
1999 | Restarted (WLL) |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
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London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°29′12″N 0°11′45″W / 51.4866°N 0.1957°W |
West Brompton is a Tube and National Rail station on the District line and West London Line (WLL) in west London, on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and west of Brompton Cemetery.
The station is on the Wimbledon branch of the District line between Earl's Court and Fulham Broadway stations.
On the WLL, National Rail services are provided by Southern and London Overground. The station is between Kensington (Olympia) and Imperial Wharf stations.
Since 2000 it has been a Grade II (starting category) Listed Building.[5]
History
The West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR) was opened in the early 1860s. It joined the southern end of the West London Joint Railway at Kensington (Olympia) station with Clapham Junction station and ran through West Brompton although a station was not opened until 1866.
On 12 April 1869, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened its own station adjacent to the WLEJR station as the terminus and only station on its extension from Gloucester Road station (Earl's Court station did not open until 1871). The original plan was to connect the DR to the WLEJR but this did not take place.
On 1 March 1880, the DR opened an extension south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.
In 1940, during World War II, several WLL stations sustained bomb damage. Passenger services on the WLL between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction were withdrawn on 21 October 1940. The Underground station remained in use and the WLL continued in use for freight traffic. The WLL station buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished.
Full passenger services resumed on the WLL in 1994, but it was not until 1 June 1999 that new Network Rail platforms were opened at West Brompton. The works were funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on whose border the station lies.
The WLL platforms do not have a separate entrance and access is from the Underground station. The District line serves platforms 1 and 2 and the WLL serves platforms 3 and 4. There is a fence between platforms 2 and 3, but they are on the same level and it is possible to pass directly between them.
There are lifts to both overground platforms, and this means there is also step-free access to the eastbound District line platform, but not the westbound one.
Services
Typical off-peak services per hour:
London Underground District line[6]
- 3 eastbound to Tower Hill
- 3 eastbound to Barking via Tower Hill
- 6 eastbound to Edgware Road
- 12 westbound to Wimbledon
London Overground
- 4 northbound to Willesden Junction, of which 2 continue to Stratford.
- 4 southbound to Clapham Junction.[7]
Southern
- 1 northbound to Milton Keynes Central via Watford Junction.
- 1 southbound to South Croydon via Clapham Junction and East Croydon.
Additional District line services operate at peak times, with many trains continuing to Barking, Dagenham East or Upminster, while all 4 London Overground services per hour continue to Stratford. Some additional Southern services also operate between Shepherd's Bush and Clapham Junction.
Late evening London Overground services only run between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction. On Sundays, Southern services only run between Watford Junction and Clapham Junction.[7]
Image gallery
Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Brompton station. |
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Station, entrance on Old Brompton Road in 1963
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West Brompton underground station platforms, with northbound train arriving (September 2006)
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West Brompton underground station footbridges (September 2006)
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West Brompton overground station - southbound Southern Class 377 Electrostar service at the platform (September 2006)
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London Overground branded sign at West Brompton Station.
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Vintage sign, from before the Johnston typeface was standardised
References
- ↑ "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1385365)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ London Underground Timetables
- 1 2 North London Line/West London Line timetable from 22 May 2011. Archived 23 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- London's Abandoned Tube stations - West London Line
- West Brompton, SubBrit disused stations project
- www.Old-maps.co.uk - West Brompton station, 1874
- Train times and station information for West Brompton station from National Rail
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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towards Wimbledon | District line | |||
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
West London Line | towards Clapham Junction |
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National Rail | ||||
Kensington (Olympia) | Southern West London Route |
Imperial Wharf | ||
Kensington (Olympia) | Southern Olympia to Wandsworth Road Limited Service |
Imperial Wharf | ||
Former Services | ||||
Chelsea and Fulham | West London Line | Kensington (Olympia) |
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