Hammersmith tube station (Hammersmith & City and Circle lines)

Hammersmith
Station entrance
Hammersmith Location of Hammersmith in Greater London
Location	Hammersmith
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
OSI	Hammersmith (Piccadilly and District lines)
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	8.64 million
2013	8.96 million
2014	9.72 million
2015	10.70 million
Key dates
1864	Opened
1868	Resited
1 February 1960	Goods yard closed
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°29′39″N 0°13′30″W / 51.494277°N 0.225037°W / 51.494277; -0.225037Coordinates: 51°29′39″N 0°13′30″W / 51.494277°N 0.225037°W / 51.494277; -0.225037

Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith. It is the western terminus of the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2 and is a short walk from the station of the same name on the Piccadilly and District lines. The two stations are separated by Hammersmith Broadway. They are about 60 m (200 ft) apart door to door, although the positions of the pedestrian crossings on the Broadway makes it seem much longer on foot. The Circle line has served Hammersmith since 13 December 2009. By June 2011 all of the platforms had been lengthened to accommodate the new and longer trains of the that first entered service on the Hammersmith and City Line from the beginning of July 2012. These new trains are seven cars in length instead of the six cars of that previously operated.

The present station is situated on Beadon Road and opened on 1 December 1868, replacing the original station slightly north of here which opened on 13 June 1864 when the line extension was built from Paddington.

The Metropolitan Railway operated a service from Hammersmith to Richmond from 1877 over the lines of the London and South Western Railway from a junction just north of this station via an adjacent station at Hammersmith (Grove Road) and a viaduct connection to Ravenscourt Park. Part of this viaduct is still visible from Piccadilly and District line trains west of the Piccadilly and District line station. The extension closed on 31 December 1906 shortly after the introduction of electric trains on the line.