Hounslow West tube station

Hounslow West is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 5 on the Bath Road. In the year 2011 there were 3.18 million passengers these from the Piccadilly Line station.

History

The opening of the station Hounslow Barracks on 21 July 1884, when the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, the predecessor company of the District Line ) Acton Town from a branch line up to this point took into operation. She had been built west of Osterley first single track, because the low population density at that time a further expansion is not justified. The only significant volume of traffic generated to the nearby barracks (English barracks ). The electrification of the line was completed on 13 June 1905 and on 1 December 1925, the station was given its present name.

In April 1929, the expansion was completed on double track and the Seitenbahnsteig been replaced by an island platform. The original station building was demolished and under the direction of architect Charles Holden, a representative, clad in granite and limestone building, whose inauguration took place on July 5, 1931 was born. On March 13, 1933 for the first time also stopped trains on the Piccadilly Line. Since 9 October 1964, she is the only line on the west of Acton Town section because the District line was shortened.

From the early 1960s, the passenger frequencies increased more and more, because Hounslow West was closest to London Heathrow Airport, which is located about five kilometers to the west. In October 1971, the full conversion of the plant and brought the installation of the platforms below the earth's surface began. From 19 July 1975, trains ran on to Hatton Cross. The station building from the 1930s has been preserved and is since 1994 listed building (Grade II).