Rayners Lane tube station

Rayners Lane London Underground
Rayners Lane
Location of Rayners Lane in Greater London
Location Rayners Lane
Local authority London Borough of Harrow
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 5
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Decrease 3.95 million[1]
2013 Increase 4.08 million[1]
2014 Increase 4.37 million[1]
2015 Increase 4.51 million[1]
Key dates
1904 Tracks laid (Metropolitan)
1906 Opened (Metropolitan)
1910 Start (District)
1933 End (District)
1933 Start (Piccadilly)
10 August 1964 Goods yard closed[2]
Listed status
Listing grade II
Entry number 1261430[3]
Added to list 17 May 1994
Other information
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WGS84 51°34′31″N 0°22′17″W / 51.5753°N 0.3714°W / 51.5753; -0.3714Coordinates: 51°34′31″N 0°22′17″W / 51.5753°N 0.3714°W / 51.5753; -0.3714
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Rayners Lane is a London Underground station in the district of Rayners Lane in north west London, amid a 1930s development originally named Harrow Garden Village. The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly line, between Eastcote and South Harrow stations. The station is located to the west of the junction of Rayners Lane, Alexandra Avenue and Imperial Drive (A4090). It is in Travelcard Zone 5. Just to the East of the station the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines tracks join for services to Uxbridge and separate going towards Central London.

History

The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905.

Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades led to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Rayners Lane opened as Rayners Lane Halt on 26 May 1906, and was named after a local farmer called Daniel Rayner.[4]

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District line was opened from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane junction east of the station enabling District line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933, District line services were replaced by Piccadilly line trains.

Design

The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to a design by Charles Holden and Reginald Uren which features the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall capped with a flat reinforced concrete roof and geometrical forms typical of the new stations built in this period. To the west of the station, there is a reversing siding between the running tracks and, during the day, half of the Piccadilly line service reverses here. Two sidings are located south of the station but these are no longer used: there is no connection with the running lines.

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate an express service, though currently for Metropolitan Line trains on the Uxbridge branch this is eastbound only in the morning peaks (06:30 to 09:30) Monday to Friday.[5] Metropolitan Line trains are able to terminate at Rayners Lane from the westbound platform either by a crossover to the east of the station or via a center reversing siding to the west, under normal circumstances all westbound Metropolitan Line trains continue to the terminus of the branch at Uxbridge.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[6]

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[7]

The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[8]

Piccadilly line

Piccadilly line trains are also able to terminate here by means of a crossover to the east of the station (separate from the Metropolitan Line crossover) and via the center reversing siding although only the latter is used in normal service.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[10]

Connections

London Buses routes 398, H9, H10 and H12 serve the station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Rayners Lane Underground Station (1261430)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Harris, Cyril M. (2001) [1977]. What's in a Name? (4th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 58. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
  5. ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  6. ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  7. ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  8. ↑ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  9. ↑ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
  10. ↑ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
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