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Malton Road, LONDON, W10 5UP

What is now Ladbroke Grove station opened on 13th June 1864 and was served by two existing railway lines – the Hammersmith & City Railway which opened on the same day (owned by the Great Western Railway and running between Westbourne Park and Hammersmith stations) and the West London Railway (WLR) which opened just over two weeks later on 1st July 1864 and left this line at what is now Latimer Road to reach Addison Road (now Kensington Olympia). The link to Addison Road was closed on 19th October 1940. The station was originally opened as 'Notting Hill' It was renamed 'Notting Hill (Ladbroke Road)' in 1869, 'Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove' in 1880 and 'Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington)' in 1919 before acquiring the present name in 1938. Trains on the Hammersmith & City Line serve the station and now also, in an effort to improve its reliability, the Circle Line. The next station in this direction is Latimer Road. The afternoon was quite as miserable as it looks in the photograph.

Westbourne Park station opened on 1st February 1866 and was served by two existing railway lines – the Hammersmith & City Railway which opened on 13th June 1864 (owned by the Great Western Railway and running between Westbourne Park and Hammersmith stations) and the West London Railway (WLR) opened on 1st July 1864 which left this line at what is now Latimer Road to reach Addison Road (now Kensington Olympia). The link to Addison Road was closed on 19th October 1940. The original Westbourne Park station closed on 31st October 1871 to be replaced the following day by a new station constructed to the east of the original. From October 1871 there were platforms on the adjacent Great Western Main Line at Westbourne Park. These closed in March 1992. Trains on the Hammersmith & City Line serve the station and now also, in an effort to improve its reliability, the Circle Line. The next station in this direction is Ladbroke Grove. The Westway flyover can be seen beyond the building on the right. The afternoon was quite as miserable as it looks in the photograph.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm38024

Here light industry is housed under an elevated section of the A40 Westway road

Until Transport for London in the early 2000s this was the A40(M) motorway with a 60mph speed limit. It turned out TfL didn't have power over motorways so they downgraded it to an A road, removed the street lighting and dropped the limit to 40. Don't ask me why, it worked perfectly well for around 40 years exactly as it was but TfL have dropped the speed limit on nearly every trunk road by 10-20mph. The backs of the houses are on Cambridge Gardens.

At the junction of Lancaster Road, and looking towards Ladbroke Grove Underground Station (which is actually well above ground).

Taken on the eastbound platform at Ladbroke Grove station.

A London Underground train approaching Ladbroke Grove station on a gloomy November day.

Entrance to the Hammersmith & City Line station Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, W10

Taken from the westbound platform