Ruislip tube station
Ruislip | |
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Ruislip Location of Ruislip in Greater London | |
Location | Ruislip |
Local authority | London Borough of Hillingdon |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Accessible | Yes (Eastbound only)[1] |
Fare zone | 6 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 1.62 million[2] |
2013 | 1.71 million[2] |
2014 | 1.90 million[2] |
2015 | 1.90 million[2] |
Key dates | |
1904 | Opened (Metropolitan) |
1910 | Start (District) |
1933 | End (District) |
1933 | Start (Piccadilly) |
10 August 1964 | Goods yard closed[3] |
Listed status | |
Listing grade | II |
Entry number | 1380983[4] |
Added to list | 4 August 2000 |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
WGS84 | 51°34′17″N 0°25′16″W / 51.5714°N 0.4211°WCoordinates: 51°34′17″N 0°25′16″W / 51.5714°N 0.4211°W |
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Ruislip is a London Underground station in Ruislip in west London. The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line, between Ruislip Manor and Ickenham stations. The station is located on Station Approach. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the oldest station on the Uxbridge branch the only intermediate station on the line between Uxbridge and Harrow-on-the-hilll.
History
The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905. The formation was made wide enough at Ruislip to enable another pair of tracks to be constructed as passing loops or additional platform roads. Neither has ever occurred.
On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District line from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane was opened enabling District line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933, District line services were replaced by Piccadilly line trains.
The station's eastbound (Central London) platform is accessible. Wheelchair users who wish to travel in the Uxbridge direction must travel to Sudbury Town or Northwick Park and change direction there; when coming from Central London, they must continue until Hillingdon to change direction.
It is possible to reverse trains from west to east at Ruislip. Trains must detrain in the westbound platform and then continue for approximately half a mile to a reversing siding leading to Ruislip Depot. After reversing, the train must come back the way it came and enter the eastbound platform by means of a crossover. Unfortunately, while this manoeuvre is carried out, both the westbound and eastbound services are held up. Therefore, this manoeuvre is usually only done by some peak-hour Piccadilly line trains due to the inconvenience it causes. There was formerly a crossover to the east of the station enabling trains to leave the westbound platform in an easterly direction, and a goods yard to the north of the line.
Services
Metropolitan line
The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate an express service, though currently for Metropolitan Line trains on the Uxbridge branch this is eastbound only in the morning peaks (06:30 to 09:30) Monday to Friday.[5]
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[6]
- 8tph to Aldgate (all stations)
- 8tph to Uxbridge
The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[7]
- 2tph to Aldgate (semi-fast)
- 4tph to Aldgate (all stations)
- 4tph to Baker Street (all stations)
- 10tph to Uxbridge
The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[8]
- 7tph to Aldgate (all stations)
- 3tph to Baker Street (all stations)
- 10tph to Uxbridge
Piccadilly line
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]
- 3tph to Cockfosters
- 3tph to Uxbridge
The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[10]
- 6tph to Cockfosters
- 6tph to Uxbridge
Connections
London Buses routes 114, 331, 398, E7, H13, U1 and U10 serve the station.
See also
Other London Underground stations in Ruislip:
References
- ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
- ↑ "Ruislip Station". The National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
- ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
- ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
- ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
- ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
- ↑ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
- ↑ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruislip tube station. |
- "Ruislip station". Tube departure boards. Transport for London.
- "Ruislip". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-02-17.
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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towards Uxbridge | Metropolitan line | |||
Piccadilly line | towards Cockfosters |
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Former services | ||||
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
towards Uxbridge | District line (1910-1933) | towards Upminster |