Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) tube station

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Wood Lane
Location
Place	Shepherd's Bush
History
Opened by	Metropolitan Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 1908 Closed 1914 Reopened 1920 Closed 1959
Replaced by	Wood lane (H&C)
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Wood Lane (known as White City from 1947) was a station in west London on the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Railway (now London Underground's Hammersmith & City line). It was located on the Hammersmith & City line viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a similarly named station on the Central London Railway. The stations each side were Shepherd's Bush (now Shepherd's Bush Market) and Latimer Road.

The two Wood Lane stations were opened in 1908 to serve the Franco-British Exhibition in the area that was to become known as White City. Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) opened on 1 May 1908 and Wood Lane (Central Line) opened on 14 May 1908. Both stations were intended to be temporary and to be closed after the exhibition. Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) was closed on 31 October 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I.

The station was brought back into use on 5 May 1920, but was open only when an exhibition was being staged.

The Wood Lane station on the Central Line was closed and replaced by White City station to the north on 23 November 1947 and the Metropolitan Line station changed its name to "White City" on the same date.

Following a fire, in which one of the wooden platforms was destroyed, the station closed on 24 October 1959. The station at viaduct level was demolished completely and little is left of it today. The original ticket office at ground level still remains, although it has been repainted.

New station

Main article: Wood Lane tube station

As part of the plans for the redevelopment of White City, a new station of the same name was built on the Hammersmith & City Line. Opened on 12 October 2008, it is located on the east side of Wood Lane close to the site of the former station.

See also

Underground stations in Shepherd's Bush area showing the location of Wood Lane/White City station

• Shepherd's Bush stations

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive. Wood Lane station, circa 1910

Coordinates: 51°30′31″N 0°13′31″W / 51.50861, -0.22528

Gallery

The new staion on the Hammersmith and City underground line.