Category: Metropolitan Line

Great Portland Street

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent’s Park.

Metropolitan Line

Uxbridge to Aldgate Uxbridge to Hillingdon walk Hillingdon to Ickenham walk Ickenham to Ruislip walk Ruislip to Ruislip Manor walk Ruislip Manor to Eastcote walk Eastcote to Rayners Lane walk Rayners Lane to West Harrow walk West Harrow to Harrow-on-the-Hill walk Harrow-on-the-Hill to Northwick Park walk Northwick Park to Preston Road walk Preston Road to …

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Preston Road

Preston Road – originally just ’Preston’ – is situated west along the Metropolitan Line from Wembley Park.

Watford

Watford is the largest town in Hertfordshire, situated 17 miles northwest of central London.

Hillingdon

Hillingdon is an area within the London Borough of the same name.

Uxbridge

Uxbridge, a Middlesex market town, lies at the end of the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines.

Aldgate

Aldgate was one of the massive gates which defended the City from Roman times until 1760.

Ruislip Manor

The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the development of Ruislip Manor on what was rural land.

Wembley Park

Wembley Park is a London Underground station, the nearest Underground station to the Wembley Stadium complex.

Trivia for every Underground station

Acton Town Alphabetically, Acton Town is the first tube station on the network. The first electric train on the District Line ran eastbound starting from Acton Town on 28 March 1905, The journey from Hammersmith to Acton Town (Piccadilly line) takes 5 minutes, 50 seconds, bypassing all of the intervening District Line stations on the …

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