Editing Shepherd's Bush tube station

{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{other uses|Shepherd's Bush station (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| symbol=underground
| name = Shepherd's Bush
| image_name=Shepherd's Bush tube stn eastern entrance.JPG
| caption = The new station building opened in 2008
| manager = [[London Underground]]
| fare_zone = 2
| locale = [[Shepherd's Bush]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
| years1=30 July 1900
| years2=14 May 1908
|events1=Opened as terminus (CLR)
| events2=Becomes through station (CLR)
| platforms=2
<!--| tubeexits06 = 11.484
| tubeexits07 = {{increase}} 12.136
| tubeexits08 = {{increase}} 20.730
| tubeexits09 = {{decrease}} 18.962 -->
| railcode = SHB<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-abbreviations.pdf|title=Station Codes|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{coord|51.5044|-0.2188|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| interchange=[[Shepherd's Bush railway station|Shepherd's Bush]] {{rail-interchange|london|overground}} {{rail-interchange|london|rail}} }}

'''Shepherd's Bush''' is a [[London Underground]] station. It is located in the district of [[Shepherd's Bush]] in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]. The station is on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] between [[White City tube station|White City]] and [[Holland Park tube station|Holland Park]] stations, and is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].

The station opened in 1900, but was closed for eight months in 2008 while the surface station building was replaced with a completely new structure and the underground station refurbished. A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name ''Shepherd's Bush''; today the Central line station shares its name with the adjacent [[London Overground]]'s {{stnlnk|Shepherd's Bush}} station, with which it shares a surface-level [[transport interchange|interchange]].

An entirely separate London Underground station, [[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush Market]], served by the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[Hammersmith & City]] lines, is located approximately {{convert|1/3|mi|m|-2|adj=on}} West. Until 2008, it too was called ''Shepherd's Bush'' until it was renamed to avoid confusion.

==History==
[[File:Underground Stations in Shepherd's Bush.svg|thumb|left|Map showing layout of current and former railways and [[stations around Shepherd's Bush]]]]
The station opened on 30 July 1900 and was the original western terminus of the [[Central London Railway]] (CLR).<ref name=CULG>{{cite web
|url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#dates
|title=Central Line, Dates
|work=Clive's Underground Lines Guide
|access-date=2008-01-10
}}</ref> The original surface-level station building was a [[terracotta]]-clad ticket hall with its entrance on the [[Uxbridge Road]] facing Shepherd's Bush Green. Like all CLR stations, the station building was designed by [[Harry Bell Measures]].

To the north of the station was located the CLR's [[power station]] and [[Wood Lane tube station (Central line)#Wood Lane depot|Wood Lane depot]] which was originally accessed by a single track tunnel. The eastbound tunnel ended to the west of the station in a dead-end reversing siding with a cross-over junction connecting it to the westbound tunnel.<ref name=TubePrune>{{cite web
|url=http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/Woodlane%20whitecity.htm#The%20Central%20London%20Railway
|title=The Central Line at White City
|work=Tube Prune (The Tube Professionals' Rumour Network)
|access-date=2008-01-10
}}</ref> When the now disused [[Wood Lane (Central line) tube station|Wood Lane]] station was opened on 14 May 1908 to the north, a loop tunnel was created connecting to the eastbound tunnel.<ref name=CULG/>

An [[Central London Railway#Richmond, 1913 and 1920|extension to Richmond]] planned in 1920 would have started here with the next stop at the closed [[London and South Western Railway]] station at [[Hammersmith (Grove Road) railway station|Hammersmith (Grove Road)]]; the work was never carried out. As part of London Transport's [[New Works Programme|New Works Programme, 1935 - 1940]], escalators were installed to replace the original lifts and in 1938, the platforms were lengthened along with those of the other existing Central line stations to accommodate eight cars instead of the previous seven.

Some of the original 1900 features of the station were preserved in areas that are not open to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shepherd’s Bush added to London Transport Museum’s Hidden London tours |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/07/shepherds-bush-added-to-london-transport-museums-hidden-london-tours.html |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref> Since 2022, [[London Transport Museum]] has been running guided historical tours of the station through its "Hidden London" programme, which take visitors to the disused original station corridors and lift shafts to look at the history of the site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shepherd's Bush: Suburbs to the City |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/hidden-london/shepherds-bush |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=London Transport Museum |language=en}}</ref>

==Westfield redevelopment==
{{Shepherd's Bush stations}}
[[File:Shepherd's Bush tube stn eastbound look west with 1992 stock.JPG|thumb|A Central line train arriving at the eastbound platform.]]
A large-scale redevelopment began in 2005 to redevelop the [[White City, London|White City]] area to the north of Shepherd's Bush Green and to construct the [[Westfield London|Westfield Shopping Centre]]. As part of this project, Shepherd's Bush Central line station was reconstructed in 2008 by Westfield as part of a [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990#Section 106|Section 106]] contribution. The Westfield redevelopment also included the construction of an integrated bus interchange and the new [[London Overground]] {{stnlnk|Shepherd's Bush}} station on the [[West London line]]. The new Overground station opened on 28 September that year and is close to the site of the former {{stl|LUL|Uxbridge Road}} station which closed in 1940.

During the reconstruction of the Central line station, Transport for London closed the station completely for eight months from 4 February 2008; TfL based their decision on the need to replace the [[escalator]]s at the same time as rebuilding work. This decision caused local controversy, and critics claimed that the works had been timed to benefit incoming businesses involved in the planned redevelopment of the area, at the cost of local residents and small business holders.<ref name="bbc-closure">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7223955.stm|title=Tube station closure sparks anger |date=2 February 2008|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 February 2010}}</ref> The local [[Member of parliament|MP]] for the [[Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush (UK Parliament constituency)|Shepherd's Bush constituency]], [[Andy Slaughter]], investigated the project and obtained documents under the [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information Act]] which showed that the contractor, [[Metronet (British infrastructure company)|Metronet]], had advised that the work could be completed without closing the station.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://viewer.zoho.com/docs/xIEda |date=16 July 2008 |access-date=2008-07-17 |title=LU internal documents retrieved by Andy Slaughter MP's Freedom of Information request |work=Andy Slaughter MP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715180029/http://viewer.zoho.com/docs/xIEda |archive-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref><ref name="BBC-Slaughter">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7509867.stm|title=Tube station closure 'not needed'|date=16 July 2008|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 February 2010}}</ref> Shepherd's Bush station re-opened to passengers on 5 October that year.

During the refurbishment, Transport for London did not add [[elevator|lifts]] to the station as originally planned, citing installation costs of £100 million due to the various underground utilities nearby which would have to be diverted. The [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]] and [[Disability rights movement|disability pressure groups]] have been critical of the fact that the station remains [[accessibility|inaccessible]] for those unable to use stairs.<ref name="lbhf-lifts">{{cite web|url=http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/17_SBLift_tcm21-131690.pdf|title=Tube station lift could be ditched|date=6 October 2009|work=H&F News|publisher=London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham|access-date=14 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608193008/http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/17_SBLift_tcm21-131690.pdf|archive-date=8 June 2011}}</ref>

==Connections==
*[[Shepherd's Bush railway station|Shepherd's Bush station]] is an OSI for [[London Overground]] and [[National Rail]]
*[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 31|31]], [[London Buses route 49|49]], [[London Buses route 72|72]], [[London Buses route 94|94]], [[London Buses route 95|95]], [[London Buses route 148|148]], [[London Buses route 207|207]], [[London Buses route 220|220]], [[London Buses route 228|228]], [[London Buses route 237|237]], [[London Buses route 260|260]], [[London Buses route 272|272]], [[London Buses route 283|283]], [[London Buses route 295|295]], [[London Buses route 316|316]], [[London Buses route C1|C1]] and [[London Buses route SL8|SL8]] and night routes [[London Buses route N72|N72]] and [[London Buses route N207|N207]] serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/shepherds-bush-a4-150723.pdf|title=Buses from Shepherd's Bush|date=15 July 2023|website=TfL|access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Shepherd's Bush stations]]

==Gallery==
{{gallery
|Shepherds bush tube station 1.jpg|Before: the original 1900 building as seen in 2005
|Shepherd's Bush Central Line station almost rebuilt - geograph.org.uk - 934452.jpg|After: the replacement building nears completion in 2008
|Shepherd's Bush tube stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
|Shepherd's Bush tube stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{LTM archive|1998-80479|Ticket hall, 1926}}
** {{LTM archive|1998-88849|Shepherd's Bush, 1935}}
** {{LTM archive|1998-88765|Ticket hall, 1939}}
* [http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 Details of infrastructure improvements]


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