Westbourne Park
Circle line trains at the station
Westbourne Park Location of Westbourne Park in Greater London
Location	Notting Hill
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2020	2.25 million[1]
2021	1.82 million[2]
2022	3.21 million[3]
2023	3.53 million[4]
2024	3.92 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	Hammersmith and City Railway
Key dates
1 February 1866	H&C station opened
30 October 1871	GW main line station opened
1 November 1871	H&C station resited
13 March 1992	GW main line station closed
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°31′16″N0°12′04″W / 51.52111°N 0.20111°W /51.52111; -0.20111
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Westbourne Park is aLondon Underground station. It is located in theNotting Hill area of theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The station is on theCircle andHammersmith & City lines, betweenLadbroke Grove andRoyal Oak stations. It is inLondon fare zone 2.^[6]

Although theMetropolitan Railway (MR) had been extended toNotting Hill andHammersmith on 1 June 1864, the first station by this name did not open until 1 February 1866.^[7][8] In 1867, with the companies on better terms, the MR bought a share of theHammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) from theGreat Western Railway (GWR), after which it eliminated the broad gauge track and operated almost all the trains (the H&CR's identity being effectively lost).^[7]

The original station closed on 31 October 1871, and was replaced the following day by a new station,^[7] constructed to the west of the original.^[9] To remove this traffic from its own busy main line, the GWR built a new pair of tracks fromPaddington to Westbourne Park, and on 12 May 1878 it opened adive-under to remove conflicts where the service crossed the main line.^{[7][note 1]} A bomb planted by theSuffragettes was discovered at the station on 16 May 1913.^[10]

The Circle line was extended to Hammersmith in 2009.^[11] The line now operates between Hammersmith and Edgware Road via a single complete circuit of the previous route.^{[11][note 2]} This was done with the aim of improving reliability by providing a place for trains to terminate after each trip rather than letting delays accumulate.^[11] However, it means that no trains through Notting Hill Gate go east of Edgware Road.^[11]

The GWR opened platforms on theGreat Western Main Line on 30 October 1871, but these closed in March 1992.^[12] The Up line through the station had a 30 mph (48 km/h) speed limit, which was deemed unacceptable for the plannedHeathrow Express services; instead of modifying the station's platforms; British Rail decided that it would be more cost-effective to permanently close and remove them, and closure notices were published on 13 December 1990.^[13]

Royal Oak, another station on theCircle andHammersmith & City lines, was also once served by the GWR, but its services were withdrawn in 1934.^[14] Today, the first stop away from Paddington is atActon Main Line. Industrial archaeologists have found the remains of buildings including a broad gauge train shed forBrunel's original lines, aturntable, and engine sheds in excavations east of the station as part of the land clearance work for theCrossrail project.^[15]

London Bus day and night routes serve the station.^[16][17]

Earlyrailway buff Fanny Johnson, fourteen years old, recorded passing engines in her notebook ‘Names of Engines on the Great Western that I have Seen’ in 1861.^[18]

The station was featured in the video of theBoris Gardiner song "I Want to Wake Up with You".^[19][20]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toWestbourne Park tube station.

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995).The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980].The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport.ISBN 978-1-85414-315-0.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Ladbroke Grove towardsHammersmith		Circle line		Royal Oak towardsEdgware Road via Aldgate
		Hammersmith & City line		Royal Oak towardsBarking
Former services
Ladbroke Grove towardsHammersmith		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1864–1990)		Royal Oak towardsPaddington
Acton Line and station open		Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line		Royal Oak Line and station open
Old Oak Lane Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway New North Main Line
Acton Main Line Line and station open		Network SouthEast Great Western Main Line		London Paddington Line and station open

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• Westbourne, London
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