Bayswater | |
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 Station entrance on Queensway | |
  Bayswater Location of Bayswater in Central London | |
| Location | Queensway |
| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| OSI | Queensway[3] |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  1.09 million[4] |
| 2021 |  1.50 million[5] |
| 2022 | 3.34 million[6] |
| 2023 | 3.64 million[7] |
| 2024 | 3.86 million[8] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1868 | Opened as "Bayswater" (MR)[1] |
| 1 November 1926 | Started (District) and renamed "Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove"[1] |
| 1933 | Renamed "Bayswater (Queen's Road)"[1] |
| 1946 | Renamed "Bayswater (Queensway)" (suffix gradually dropped)[1] |
| 1949 | Started (Circle)[2] |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′43″N0°11′17″W / 51.512°N 0.188°W /51.512; -0.188 |
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Bayswater (/ˈbeɪzˌwɔːtər/) is aLondon Underground station in theBayswater area of theCity of Westminster. It is on theCircle line and theEdgware Road branch of theDistrict line, betweenNotting Hill Gate andPaddington stations.[9] The station is less than 100 metres (330 ft) away fromQueensway station on theCentral line. It is located inLondon fare zone 1.
The station is located on the busy Queensway tourist street and is only a few metres from Bayswater Road. It is a short walk from Portobello Market.[10] Further north along the street is the site of the former Whiteleys shopping centre, which is currently under redevelopment.[10][11] Also nearby isWestbourne Grove, Queens ice rink and bowling centre,Kensington Gardens andSt Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral.[10] It is less than 100 metres (330 ft) away fromQueensway station on theCentral line.[10]
The station was opened by the steam-operatedMetropolitan Railway (MR) (now theMetropolitan line) on 1 October 1868 asBayswater,[1] as part of the railway's southern extension toSouth Kensington where it connected to theDistrict Railway (DR).[2][12][13] Construction of the railway line, through the already developed Bayswater area required the excavation of a tunnel using thecut and cover method: a trench 42 feet (13 m) deep was excavated between brickretaining walls which was then roofed-over with brick arches to allow building work above. Large compensation payments were made to landowners affected by the excavations and, inLeinster Gardens to the east, the frontages of two houses demolished to make way for the line were reconstructed to restore the appearance of a terrace of houses.[14][note 1]
The platforms of Bayswater station were constructed in the trench and provided with a glazed roof. A short section of the trench was left unroofed to the west of the station to allow smoke and steam from the trains to escape from the tunnels. Even before the completion in 1884 of the continuous circuit of tracks which are now the Circle line, the MR and DR operated services through Bayswater as theInner Circle.[12] The MR originally provided all of the trains, but from 1871, each company operated half of the service.[15]
In 1905, to improve the conditions in the tunnels and stations and increase service frequencies, the MRelectrified the tracks through Bayswater and, in conjunction with the DR, around the whole of theInner Circle and across most of their routes.[12] Electric trains began running on 1 July 1905,[12] but the MR's poor coordination of the installation work with the DR led to disruption for several months.[16]
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On 1 November 1926, the District line began a service betweenEdgware Road andPutney Bridge and the station was also renamed toBayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove.[1] From this date the MR operated allInner Circle services apart from a few District line operated Sunday services.[17] The station was then renamed again toBayswater (Queen's Road) in 1933.[1] In 1946, it was renamed to Bayswater (Queensway) but the suffix was gradually dropped.[1] In 1949, the service was separately identified on the tube map as the Circle line for the first time.[2]
The station was refurbished by Metronet in 2006.[18]
Bayswater station is on the Circle line and the Edgware Road branch of the District line betweenNotting Hill Gate andPaddington.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:
There is also a morning service every day from Acton Town (Ealing Broadway on Saturdays) toEdgware Road and a late evening service from Edgware Road to Ealing Broadway on Sundays only.[13]
| Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notting Hill Gate towardsHammersmith via Tower Hill | Circle line | Paddington towardsEdgware Road | ||
| Notting Hill Gate towardsWimbledon | District line Edgware Road branch | |||
London Bus day, night and 24-hour bus routes serve the station.[23][24]
In November 2017, a 29-year-old man attempted to murder a 55-year-old man by pushing him in front of a District line train as it was pulling in to the platform. However, the victim survived by adopting a foetal position between the rails as the train passed over him.[25]
Bayswater tube station is the subject of a painting byWalter Sickert dating from 1916, showing the platform-sign reading 'Queen's Road (Bayswater)' beside a big advertisement for Whiteley's department store. The station was later renamed Bayswater,[1] to avoid confusion withQueensway station, which was also named 'Queen's Road' until 1946.
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