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Queensway is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London.It is an urban area and was named in the United Kingdom Census 2001 as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre ....
. It is at the junction of Queensway
Queensway (London)

Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of West London. It contains many restaurants , pubs, letting agents, and high street stores....
 and Bayswater Road
Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of Hyde Park, London. To the east Bayswater Road becomes Oxford Street . It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the BBC series the Forsyte Saga....
, and is northwest of Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens

See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, AustraliaKensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park, London....
. It is between Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill Gate tube station

Notting Hill Gate tube station is a London Underground station in Notting Hill. On the Central Line it is between Holland Park tube station to the west and Queensway tube station to the east and on the District Line and Circle line it is between High Street Kensington tube station and Bayswater tube station stations....
 to the west and Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate tube station

Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater , to the north of Kensington Gardens. It is between Queensway tube station and Marble Arch tube station on the Central Line....
 to the east on the Central Line
Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground....
, and is in Travelcard Zone 1
Travelcard Zone 1

Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
.

pened on 30 July 1900, as Queen's Road, and was renamed on 9 September 1946. The building is an unusual survivor of the buildings designed for the Central London Railway by Harry Bell Measures
Harry Bell Measures

Harry Bell Measures was architect for a number of English "improved" housing developments for working men, such as the Rowton Houses in London and Birmingham....
 and that opened in 1900.

e is a crossover east of the station to allow trains from Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip to terminate here.

as closed between 8 May 2005 and 14 June 2006 for modernisation works.






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Queensway is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London.It is an urban area and was named in the United Kingdom Census 2001 as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre ....
. It is at the junction of Queensway
Queensway (London)

Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of West London. It contains many restaurants , pubs, letting agents, and high street stores....
 and Bayswater Road
Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of Hyde Park, London. To the east Bayswater Road becomes Oxford Street . It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the BBC series the Forsyte Saga....
, and is northwest of Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens

See also Kensington Gardens, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, AustraliaKensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park, London....
. It is between Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill Gate tube station

Notting Hill Gate tube station is a London Underground station in Notting Hill. On the Central Line it is between Holland Park tube station to the west and Queensway tube station to the east and on the District Line and Circle line it is between High Street Kensington tube station and Bayswater tube station stations....
 to the west and Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate tube station

Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater , to the north of Kensington Gardens. It is between Queensway tube station and Marble Arch tube station on the Central Line....
 to the east on the Central Line
Central Line

The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground....
, and is in Travelcard Zone 1
Travelcard Zone 1

Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
.

History

It opened on 30 July 1900, as Queen's Road, and was renamed on 9 September 1946. The building is an unusual survivor of the buildings designed for the Central London Railway by Harry Bell Measures
Harry Bell Measures

Harry Bell Measures was architect for a number of English "improved" housing developments for working men, such as the Rowton Houses in London and Birmingham....
 and that opened in 1900.

The station today

There is a crossover east of the station to allow trains from Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip to terminate here.

Redevelopment

It was closed between 8 May 2005 and 14 June 2006 for modernisation works. These works were prompted by the need to replace the station's (very old) lifts, which had been breaking down quite frequently prior to the station's closure. In addition the station has been modernised and retiled, as well as having replicas of the original lamps fitted to the facade.

Metronet
Metronet

Metronet Rail is a brand within the London Underground group that is responsible for the maintenance, renewal, and upgrade of the infrastructure on nine London Underground lines....
, the private maintenance contractors, were originally given a deadline of 9 May 2006 to complete the works. When they failed to meet this or the revised 12 June deadline, Transport for London
Transport for London

Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London....
 issued a harshly worded press release quoting London Underground Managing Director Tim O'Toole as saying "This is a further, and one hopes final, pathetic delay on a project that Metronet has failed to manage to time." The station finally re-opened on 14 June 2006.

During modernisation, the closest station was Bayswater
Bayswater tube station

Bayswater tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 1 on the Circle line and District Line lines. It is between Notting Hill Gate tube station and Paddington station....
 on the Circle and District lines, which is also located in Queensway approximately 100 metres north of the Queensway tube station. While the 2 stations are in close proximity, they are not connected.

See also

  • List of London Underground stations
    List of London Underground stations

    This is a list of London Underground stations. It includes all stations currently open on the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway....


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