Rayners Lane tube station

Rayners Lane
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
2011	3.98 million[1]
2012	3.95 million[1]
2013	4.08 million[1]
2014	4.37 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
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°34′31″N 0°22′17″W / 51.5753°N 0.3714°W

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

During early mornings and late evenings, Piccadilly line trains usually terminate here. At these times, passengers must use the Metropolitan trains to continue on towards Uxbridge.

Connections

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

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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.

External links

• "Rayners Lane station". Tube live departure boards. Transport for London.
• "Rayners Lane". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-01-26.
  • Platforms at Rayners Lane station, 1934 One platform shows a London Underground style roundel name board, the other a Metropolitan Railway Diamond name board.
  • New station building, 1938
  • View of platforms, 1938

Gallery

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  Entrance on southern face of station building

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  Eastbound platform looking west

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  Westbound platform looking east

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  Platform roundel

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  Reversing siding to the west of the station, with Piccadilly line train awaiting departure