Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station
| Wood Lane | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shepherd's Bush |
| Local authority | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Owner | Metropolitan Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1908 | Opened as Wood Lane (Exhibition) |
| 31 October 1914 | Closed |
| 5 November 1920 | Reopened on ad hoc basis as Wood Lane (White City) |
| 23 November 1947 | Renamed White City |
| 24 October 1959 | Closed |
| Replaced by | Wood Lane |
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Wood Lane was a station on the London Underground that was located in Shepherd's Bush, west London. It was opened in 1908 on the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line), on the viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a station of the same name but on the Central London Railway (now the Central line).
It was closed temporarily in 1914, reopened in 1920 and eventually closed permanently in 1959 at which time it was served by the Metropolitan line.
The two Wood Lane stations were opened in 1908 to serve the Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Olympic Games in the area that was to become known as White City. The Metropolitan Railway's Wood Lane opened with the name Wood Lane (Exhibition) on 1 May 1908 and the Central London Railway's Wood Lane station opened on 14 May 1908. Both were intended to be temporary and to be closed after the exhibition and the Games. Wood Lane (Exhibition) station was closed on 31 October 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The other Wood Lane became the permanent western terminus of the Central London Railway.
The station was brought back into use on 5 November 1920, with the name Wood Lane (White City), but was open only when an exhibition or event was being staged.
It was served by the Metropolitan line and was between Shepherd's Bush and Latimer Road.
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