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Hercies Road, UXBRIDGE, UB10 9NA

View NE, the new (westbound) A40 in cutting below: London Underground Metropolitan/Piccadilly line to Uxbridge.

Metropolitan trains started running between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge on 4th July 1904. Traffic between Harrow and Uxbridge was at first very disappointing. To build up its traffic the Metropolitan opened a series of halts which it was hoped would attract pleasure-seekers until housing got underway. The first of these was at Ickenham on 25th September 1905. Hillingdon Halt was relatively late, opening on 10th December 1923. Receipts at Hillingdon, however, increased from £2,025 in 1924 to over £12,000 in 1930. The District Railway opened its new extension from north of Ealing Common to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey on 23rd June 1903. The line was opened fully to South Harrow on 28th June 1903. District line trains started to run beyond South Harrow on 1st March 1910 to meet the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane and continue on to Uxbridge, but they were only hourly for much of the day, increasing to a 20 minute service the following year. This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common and Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains. In the early 1930s, Government money was on offer to combat unemployment and using some of this the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District line to Ealing Common. This change took place in two stages. From 4th July 1932 between Ealing Common and South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line. On 23rd October 1933 Piccadilly line trains continued from South Harrow to Uxbridge and District line trains to Uxbridge ceased on the same date. In the mid-1950s the station was named Hillingdon (Swakeleys), a name which is still displayed on the platform roundels. The original station was demolished to enable the rerouting of the A40 (Western Avenue) through the site, and this new station opened to the south on 6th December 1992. Hillingdon station now sees Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line trains, although there tend to be more of the former. The next station in this direction is Ickenham, and a Piccadilly line train for Cockfosters is just departing. The A40 passes under the line just beyond the station in an underpass.

Metropolitan trains started running between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge on 4th July 1904. Traffic between Harrow and Uxbridge was at first very disappointing. To build up its traffic the Metropolitan opened a series of halts which it was hoped would attract pleasure-seekers until housing got underway. The first of these was at Ickenham on 25th September 1905. Hillingdon Halt was relatively late, opening on 10th December 1923. Receipts at Hillingdon increased from £2,025 in 1924 to over £12,000 in 1930. The District Railway opened its new extension from north of Ealing Common to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey on 23rd June 1903. The line was opened fully to South Harrow on 28th June 1903. District line trains started to run beyond South Harrow on 1st March 1910 to meet the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane and continue on to Uxbridge, but they were only hourly for much of the day, increasing to a 20 minute service the following year. This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common and Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains. In the early 1930s, Government money was on offer to combat unemployment and using some of this the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District line to Ealing Common. This change took place in two stages. From 4th July 1932 between Ealing Common and South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line. On 23rd October 1933 Piccadilly line trains continued from South Harrow to Uxbridge and District line trains to Uxbridge ceased on the same date. In the mid-1950s the station was named Hillingdon (Swakeleys), a name which is still displayed on the platform roundels. The original station was demolished to enable the rerouting of the A40 (Western Avenue) through the site, and this new station opened to the south on 6th December 1992. Hillingdon station now sees Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line trains, although there tend to be more of the former. The next station in this direction is Ickenham, and a Piccadilly line train for Cockfosters is just departing. The A40 passes under the line just beyond the station in an underpass. The tall building to the right of the station in the distance is The Swallow Public House.