Bayswater tube station

Bayswater is a partially underground London Underground station in the City of Westminster, located in the center of the district of Bayswater, near Notting Hill. Located in the Travelcard Zone 1 station is served by the Circle Line and the District Line. 5.1 million passengers used it in 2011. The station building is located on Queensway. On the same street, about 200 meters to the south, lies the Queensway station on the Central Line.

History

The opening of the station took place on October 1st 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway, the predecessor company of Metropolitan Line - as part of the extension to South Kensington, which was traveled in 1884 by the District Railway ( predecessor of the District line ). The construction of the line through the upper class neighborhood required the excavation of a tunnel in an open design. There was a 13-meter- deep incision with retaining walls, which was roofed with arches made ​​of bricks. At the eastern road Leinster Gardens were built two fake facades, in order to continue to give the impression of terraced houses and to block the disturbing view of the tracks.

The platforms in the incision were covered with a glass roof. A small part of the incision was Open, to allow the escape of smoke and steam locomotives. 1905 began the electrical equipment. Since 1949, the Circle Line is considered as a separate line, while the Metropolitan Line was withdrawn.

1923 was the station the somewhat cumbersome name Bayswater (Queen 's Road ) & Westbourne Grove. In 1933 there was a new name change, this time in Bayswater ( Queen's Road). On 1 September 1946, she was renamed in Bayswater ( Queensway ); the text in parentheses disappeared soon after, so that the station again Bayswater is, as already at the opening.

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