Talk:Uxbridge Road tube station

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 21:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why closed?[edit]

Does anyone know why the station was closed? This being wartime, there may be an interesting story there. - Jmabel | Talk 21:14, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The West London Line was bombed and was out of service for sometime. All the stations between Willesden and Clapham Junction were closed at the same time and didn't reopen as they had not been heavily used. --DavidCane (talk) 21:18, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Um, doesn't that merit a mention in the article? -- Jmabel | Talk 03:46, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, if someone feels like adding it.--DavidCane (talk) 21:18, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uxbridge Road "tube" station[edit]

Why is the article headed Uxbridge Road "tube" station when for most of its life it was used by West London Railway trains therefore suggest the heading is amended to Uxbridge Road railway station. There seems to be emphasis on Metropolitan Railway services yet little mention of West London Railway services. Steamybrian2 (talk) 14:01, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agree but suggest that it should be renamed Uxbridge Road station given that it was served by both WLR and Met services until closure. According to {{Quick-Stations}} (p. 393), WLR services first called at the station on 1 November 1869, followed by the Met from 1 February 1905. Both continued until the station was closed as a result of enemy action as from 21 October 1940. Lamberhurst (talk) 20:03, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This can easily be covered by the creation of a redirect. Mjroots (talk) 21:04, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I would support a move to Uxbridge Road station. The WLR was used by the GWR middle circle and LNWR outer circle services and the disused-stations website linked has a timetable showing long distance LNWR trains calling, and I agree the article needs rewriting. The H&CR was jointly owned by the Met and GWR after 1867, so was it really 1905 before the Met used the link onto the H&CR? This shows that the station moved from a former site on that WLR and H&CR link. Edgepedia (talk) 13:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've rewritten the article, using the sources I have to hand. Edgepedia (talk) 19:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]