Boston Manor Underground Station - Boston Manor Road, Boston Manor, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 29.744 W 000° 19.480
30U E 685704 N 5708348
Boston Manor tube station serves the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground rail network. The entrance and ticket hall are on the south west side of Boston Manor Road with the platforms being under the station.
Waymark Code: WMM8W0
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 1

Wikipedia has an article about the tube station at Boston Manor:

Boston Manor is a London Underground station serving the Boston Manor area between Brentford and Hanwell in west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Underground's Piccadilly line, between Osterley and Northfields stations. The station is located on Boston Manor Road (A3002) in the London Borough of Hounslow, just to the south-west of the boundary with the London Borough of Ealing. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.

Boston Manor station was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR), on 1 May 1883 on a line to Hounslow Town (located on Hounslow High Street but now closed). The station was originally named Boston Road. The signs on the platforms gave the name as Boston Manor for Hanwell.

Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905. The station was given its current name on 11 December 1911.

Between 1932 and 1934 the station was rebuilt to replace the 1883 station building. The new station was designed by Stanley Heaps in the modern European style used elsewhere on the Piccadilly line by Charles Holden. The design uses brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Occupying a narrow site because of the approach to the adjoining depot, the station was built out over the tracks. The distinctive tower feature, with an illuminated leading edge and roundel rises high above the low structure and helps identify the station from a distance, was strongly influenced by contemporary Dutch and German architecture and was intended to create a landmark building amid an area of low-rise suburban housing.

District line services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964.

The station, architecturally noted for Holden's Art Deco design, was granted Grade II Listed status on 21 March 2002. On 9 January 2013, the station appeared on a British postage stamp as part of a set commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first London underground train journey. The stamp's caption read "Boston Manor Art Deco Station".

London Buses Routes 195 and the E8 serve the station.

Is there other puplic transportation in the area?: Yes

What level is the station?: Below street level

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