South Harrow tube station
South Harrow is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Harrow. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 5 on the Northolt Road. In the year 2011 there were 2.28 million passengers these from the Piccadilly Line station.
History
The opening of the station took place on June 28, 1903 by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, predecessor of today's District Line ). South Harrow was the terminus of the new route, which was opened on this day and led by Park Royal & Twyford Abbey from the north. The section between Ealing Common and Park Royal & Twyford Abbey was opened five days before. The new route was - together with the existing tracks from Acton Town - the first electrified the sub-surface tracks of the Underground.
North of South Harrow, the route through the Roxeth Marshes by Rayners Lane. The construction of the viaduct about this now drained alluvial soil was regarded as a technological masterpiece. Nevertheless, the 1.8 km long section remained unused for many years, since no agreement on the control of trains in Uxbridge was achieved with the Metropolitan Railway. Only from the March 1, 1910 drove District trains beyond South Harrow after the missing section was electrified.
On July 4, 1932, the operation was transferred to the distance between Ealing Common and South Harrow on the Piccadilly Line, until October 22, 1933 was an isolated shuttle train on the District Line to Uxbridge, before even this section was transferred to the Piccadilly Line.
The original station building was located about 170 m south of the present and was accessible from the South Hill Avenue from. It is now in the middle of a parking lot next to the eastern platform. The new, designed by Charles Holden buildings on the Northolt Road was inaugurated on July 5, 1935. It combines functionalism and art deco and consists of red bricks.
Weblink
- Photo of the platform (July 1922)
- Photo of the entrance hall ( October 1937 )