| Shepherd's Bush | |
|---|---|
 Shepherds Bush Station looking east, July 1916, shortly after closure | |
  Shepherd's Bush Location of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London | |
| Location | Shepherd's Bush |
| Owner | |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1874 (1874-05-01) | Opened |
| 5 June 1916 (1916-06-05) | Closed |
| Replaced by | none |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′08″N0°13′27″W / 51.5022°N 0.2241°W /51.5022; -0.2241 |
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Shepherd's Bush is a closedLondon and South Western Railway (L&SWR) station inShepherd's Bush, westLondon. The station was situated on the L&SWR's line betweenRichmond (now theDistrict line) and theWest London Joint Railway (WLJR). It was betweenHammersmith (Grove Road) station andAddison Road (now Kensington Olympia) station.
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The L&SWR opened the line through the station on 1 January 1869. The line ran in an arc with the station near its apex, located in a shallow cutting on the west side of Shepherd's Bush Road (A219) adjacent to Sulgrave Road. The station opened on 1 May 1874.[1][2]
Services to central London ran via a circuitous route toWaterloo and the station was, from its beginning, subject to competition for passengers from the more direct routes available from nearbyMetropolitan Railway (MR) stations atShepherd's Bush Market (then called simply Shepherd's Bush), andUxbridge Road. On the section of the Richmond line to the west throughRavenscourt Park andTurnham Green the L&SWR service competed, from 1877, with theDistrict Railway's (DR's, now theDistrict line) more direct service viaEarl's Court.
Competition became stronger when theCentral London Railway (CLR, now the Central line) opened its ownstation just to the north of Shepherd's Bush Green in 1900 and the MR opened a new station atGoldhawk Road in 1914. The L&SWR station and line closed on 5 June 1916.
In 1919, the CLR published plans to build a tunneled link to the disused L&SWR tracks south-west of the station so that it might run trains toRichmond viaHammersmith (Grove Road) station andTurnham Green.[3] Although authorization was granted in 1920,[4] the connection was never realized.
The route was finally abandoned around 1930 to enable the extension of the Piccadilly line to take over the track between Ravenscourt Park and Turnham Green. The tracks between Ravenscourt Park and Kensington Olympia were removed in 1932 and the land was sold for redevelopment. The derelict platforms and parts of the buildings remained into the late 1950s/early 60s, when the site was cleared for redevelopment for construction of a block offlats.[2] Much of the route has been built on in the following decades, so little is left to indicate the route, except for the curving alignment of Sulgrave Road and Minford Gardens, and the bridge in Shepherd's Bush Road where it crossed over the tracks.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammersmith (Grove Road) Line and station closed | London and South Western Railway | Addison Road Line closed, station open | ||
