Turnham Green | |
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Location of Turnham Green in Greater London
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Location | Chiswick |
Local authority | London Borough of Hounslow |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 2 and 3 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 6.03 million |
2013 | 6.20 million |
2014 | 6.46 million |
2015 | 6.45 million |
Key dates | |
1869 | Opened (L&SWR) |
1870 | Started and Ended (GWR) |
1877 | Started (MR and DR) |
1878 | Started "Super Outer Circle" (Midland) |
1879 | Opened Ealing Broadway branch (DR) |
1880 | Ended "Super Outer Circle" |
1894 | Started (GWR) |
1906 | Ended (MR) |
1910 | Ended (GWR) |
1916 | Ended (L&SWR) |
1963 | Started (Piccadilly) |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
WGS84 | 51°29′43″N 0°15′18″W / 51.49527°N 0.255°WCoordinates: 51°29′43″N 0°15′18″W / 51.49527°N 0.255°W |
Turnham Green is a London Underground station in Chiswick of the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. The station is served by the District and Piccadilly lines although currently Piccadilly line trains normally only stop at the station at the beginning and end of the day, running through non-stop at other times. To the east, District line trains stop at Stamford Brook and Piccadilly line trains stop at Hammersmith. To the west, District line trains run to either Chiswick Park or Gunnersbury and Piccadilly line trains stop at Acton Town. The station is in both Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.
The station is located on Turnham Green Terrace (B491) on the eastern edge of Chiswick Common, but the actual green is much closer to Chiswick Park station. It is about 200 m north of Chiswick High Road (A315) and as well as Central Chiswick, the station serves the Bedford Park area.
The station is located close to the site of the Battle of Turnham Green (1642), during the First English Civil War.
Turnham Green station was opened on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond built from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now unused curve and initially the next station towards central London was Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed).