Ladbroke Grove tube station

Ladbroke Grove is an aboveground station London Underground in the urban district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 2 at the intersection of the same road with the Westway, a multi-lane expressway. Here courses of the Hammersmith & City Line and the Circle Line. In 2011, 5.09 million passengers used the station.

The opening of the station took place on June 13, 1864 under the name Notting Hill by the Hammersmith & City Railway. This company was initially part of the Great Western Railway in 1867, and came into the possession of the Metropolitan Railway ( predecessor company of the Metropolitan Line). The station was renamed several times, from 1880 Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove was, from 1919 Ladbroke Grove ( North Kensington ). In 1938 they left the parentheses off. In 1990, the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Line under the name Hammersmith & City Line was made ​​independent operational. Since December 13, 2009 here also keep trains on the Circle Line.

In the area around the station is Ladbroke Grove Portobello Road is a popular tourist market. Shopkeepers and stallholders strive to change the station name in Portobello Road.