Latimer Road tube station
Latimer Road 
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Station entrance
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 Latimer Road
Location of Latimer Road in Greater London
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| Location | Ladbroke Grove |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 1.91 million |
| 2013 |
2.19 million |
| 2014 |
2.39 million |
| 2015 |
2.57 million |
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| 1868 | Opened (MR) |
| 1990 | Service transferred to H&C |
| 2009 | Started (Circle line) |
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| WGS84 | 51°30′50″N 0°13′01″W / 51.514°N 0.217°WCoordinates: 51°30′50″N 0°13′01″W / 51.514°N 0.217°W |
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Latimer Road is a London Underground station in North Kensington of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines between Wood Lane and Ladbroke Grove stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Unusually, Latimer Road and the station that bears its name are not geographically close, being approximately 500 metres apart and on opposite sides of the Westway Flyover (A40 road) – the road being to the north and the station to the south. Prior to the construction of the Westway and the elevated roundabout that joins it to the West Cross Route (A3220), Latimer Road ran further south and closer to the station. The construction of the elevated road required the demolition of the central section of Latimer Road and the truncated and isolated southern end of the road was renamed as part of Freston Road. Despite the renaming of the southern part of the road, the station retained its original name.
The station opened on 16 December 1868 at a junction formed between two existing railway lines – the Hammersmith & City Railway (owned by the Great Western Railway and running between Westbourne Park and Hammersmith stations) and the West London Railway (WLR) (between Willesden Junction and Addison Road (now Kensington (Olympia)) stations). Services to Addison Road were originally provided via the junction to the WLR tracks but these were discontinued in 1940 and the junction no longer exists. The line between Latimer Road and Uxbridge Road was then closed and the raised train track demolished. The remains of that stretch of track can be seen from the west end of the eastbound platform, which now houses a secure Relay Room.
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