London Underground history 1930-1939

1920-1929

1940-1949
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Date

Line(s)

Event

1931-07-05

District

Park Royal & Twyford Abbey station closed. A nearby station opened 1931-07-06.

1931-07-06

District

Park Royal station opened just south of the old Park Royal & Twyford Abbey station.

1931-11-21

Metropolitan

The upside (towards central London) platform on Preston Road station closed. A new platform further west opened the day after.

1932-??-??

District

Putney Bridge & Hurlingham renamed to Putney Bridge.

1932-??-??

Metropolitan

Quadrupling of the tracks now reached Harrow On-The-Hill from Wemley Park.

1932-01-01

Metropolitan

Neasden & Kingsbury station renamed to Neasden.

1932-01-03

Metropolitan

The downside (outwards from central London) platform on Preston Road station closed. A new platform further west opened the day after.

1932-05-18

District, now Piccadilly

Northfields & Little Ealing closed, the nearby Northfields station opened the next day.

1932-05-19

District, now Piccadilly

Northfields station opened.

1932-05-21

Piccadilly

Down Street station closed.

1932-07-04

Piccadilly

Piccadilly extended the line over District tracks from Hammersmith via Acton Town, Ealing Common, North Ealing, Park Royal, Alperton, Sudbury Town and Sudbury Hill to South Harrow. The District ceased running between Ealing Common and South Harrow, leaving only a shuttle service on this branch from South Harrow to Uxbridge. See also 1933-10-23.

1932-09-12

District

The line east from Barking to Upminster re-opened, along with the intermediate stations Upney, Becontree, Heathway (now Dagenham Heathway), Dagenham (now Dagenham East) and Hornchurch. This time the District had built it's own set of tracks.

1932-09-19

Piccadilly

Opened the first northern extension from Finsbury Park via Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green, Bounds Green to Arnos Grove.

1932-10-31

Piccadilly

Gillespie Road station renamed to Arsenal (Highbury Hill). Suffix gradually dropped.

1932-12-10

Metropolitan, now Jubilee

Opened a branch from Wembley Park to Stanmore via Kingsbury, Queensbury and Canons Park (then Canons Park (Edgware)).

1933-??-??

District

Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove station (now Bayswater) renamed to Bayswater (Queen's Road). It was renamed again in 1946-09-01

1933-??-??

Metropolitan, now Jubilee

Canons Park (Edgware) renamed to Canons Park.

1933-??-??

Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City

Great Portland Street & Regent's Park renamed to Great Portland Street.

1933-??-??

Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City

King's Cross & St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras. It was moved to a new location 1941-03-13.

1933-??-??

Metropolitan , now also Circle and Hammersmith & City

Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove station (now Bayswater) renamed to Bayswater (Queen's Road). It was renamed again in 1946-09-01

1933-??-??

Northern

King's Cross for St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras.

1933-??-??

Piccadilly

King's Cross for St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras.

1933-01-09

Piccadilly

Opened a branch south west from Acton Town to Northfields, via South Ealing, using District tracks.

1933-03-13

Piccadilly

Extended the south west branch from Northfields to Hounslow West, via Boston Manor, Osterley & Spring Grove (now closed, close to Osterley), Hounslow East and Hounslow Central.

1933-03-13

Piccadilly

Opened an extension from Arnos Grove via Southfields to Enfield West (now Oakwood).

1933-05-22

Piccadilly

Holborn station renamed to Holborn (Kingsway), suffix gradually dropped.

1933-07-03

Bakerloo

South Kenton station opened between North Wembley and Kenton.

1933-07-31

Piccadilly

Opened the final northern extension from Enfield West (now Oakwood) to Cockfosters.

1933-09-10

Metropolitan

Paddington (Bishop's Road) renamed to Paddington.

1933-09-18

Metropolitan

Escalator link opened between Monument and Bank.

1933-09-18

Piccadilly

Dover Street (St. James's) renamned to Green Park.

1933-09-24

Central

British Museum station closed. A new station at Holborn opened the next day.

1933-09-25

Central

Holborn (Kingsway) station (now Holborn) opened to provide interchange with the Piccadilly Line.

1933-10-23

District and Piccadilly

Piccadilly trains took over from District trains the line between South Harrow and Uxbridge, serving Rayners Lane, Eastcote, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Ickenham and Hillingdon.

1933-11-13

Metropolitan

Northwood Hills opened between Pinner and Northwood.

1933-12-31

Metropolitan

The curve between Rickmansworth and Croxley (then Croxley Green) closed. It was re-opened 1941-10-06.

1934-??-??

Metropolitan

Chorley Wood & Chenies renamed to Chorley Wood.

1934-??-??

Metropolitan

Amersham & Chesham Bois reverted to the name Amersham.

1934-03-24

District and Piccadilly, now Piccadilly

Osterley & Spring Grove station closed. The nearby Osterley opened 1934-03-25.

1934-03-25

District and Piccadilly, now Piccadilly

Osterley station opened.

1934-04-01

Metropolitan and Piccadilly

Hillingdon renamed to Hillingdon (Swakeleys). Suffix gradually dropped.

1934-05-03

Piccadilly

Enfield West station renamed to Enfield West (Oakwood), now Oakwood.

1934-06-25

Central

Chancery Lane station renamed to Chancery Lane (Grays Inn). Suffix gradually dropped.

1934-07-29

Piccadilly

Brompton Road station closed.

1934-12-17

District

Upminster Bridge station opened between Hornchurch and Upminster.

1935-05-13

District

Elm Park station opened between Dagenham (now Dagenham East) and Hornchurch.

1935-07-05

Piccadilly

South Harrow station opened. The old station with the same name opened slightly to the south closed the previous day.

1935-08-04

Northern

An auxiliary Air Force place crashed across the line near Colindale. A short curcuit cased a fire in the signal box, which burnt down.

1935-11-30

Metropolitan

The line between Brill and Quainton Road closed, including the intermediate stations Wood Siding, Wotton, Westcott and Waddendon Road.

1936-03-01

District

Park Royal station renamed to Park Royal (Hanger Hill).

1936-03-30

Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City

Opened a service along the Distict line from Whitechapel to Barking, serving the intermediate stations Stepney Green, Mile End, Bow Road, Bromley (now Bromley-by-bow), West Ham (Manor Road) (now West Ham), Plaistow, Upton Park and East Ham.

1936-04-21

Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City

Farringdon & High Holborn renamed to Farringdon.

1936-07-04

Metropolitan

The section between Aylesbury and Verney Junction station closed, including the intermediate stations. The line between Aylesbury and Quainton Road was re-opened 1943-??-??, except for the station Waddesdon.

1937-02-01

Central

Post Office station renamed to St. Paul's.

1937-03-15

Metropolitan

Northwick Park & Kenton renamed to Northwick Park.

1938-??-??

Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City

Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) station renamed to Ladbroke Grove.

1938-??-??

Metropolitan, now Jubilee

Willesden Green & Cricklewood renamed to Willesden Green.

1938-04-30

District and Metropolitan

St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) station closed.

1938-10-30

District and Metropolitan, now District and Hammersmith & City

Aldgate East station closed. Replaced 1938-10-31 by a new station slight to the east with the same name.

1938-12-03

Metropolitan and Piccadilly

Uxbridge station closed. A new station with the same name, located closer to Uxbridge High Street opened the next day.

1939-06-11

Metropolitan

St. John's Wood renamed to Lord's.

1939-06-11

Northern

Highgate (now Archway) renamed to Archway (Highgate). It was renamed again 1941-01-19 and 1947-12-??.

1939-07-03

Northern

The Archway (Highgate) branch extended to East Finchley. Highgate station opened later, 1941-01-19.

1939-10-07

Metropolitan

The two Pullman cars Galatea and Mayflower were withdrawn.

1939-11-18

Metropolitan

Closed the connection between Aldgate East to Shadwell. The connection is called St. Mary's Curve. The connection still exist, but not for passenger service.

1939-11-19

Metropolitan

Marlborough Road and Lord's stations closed. The area was served by the Bakerloo St. john's Wood station.
Closed the branch from Wembley Park to Stanmore. See also Bakerloo line 1939-11-20.

1939-11-20

Bakerloo

Opened a branch from Baker Street to Finchley Road via St. John's Wood and Swiss Cottage. Began running over Metropolitan tracks from Finchley Road to Stanmore, serving all intermediate stations: West Hampstead, Kilburn (then Kilburn & Brondesbury), Willesden Green, Dollis Hill, Neasden, Wembley Park, Kingsbury, Queensbury and Canons Park.

1920-1929

1940-1949
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This page updated 1999-06-28

Date	Line(s)	Event
1931-07-05	District	Park Royal & Twyford Abbey station closed. A nearby station opened 1931-07-06.
1931-07-06	District	Park Royal station opened just south of the old Park Royal & Twyford Abbey station.
1931-11-21	Metropolitan	The upside (towards central London) platform on Preston Road station closed. A new platform further west opened the day after.
1932-??-??	District	Putney Bridge & Hurlingham renamed to Putney Bridge.
1932-??-??	Metropolitan	Quadrupling of the tracks now reached Harrow On-The-Hill from Wemley Park.
1932-01-01	Metropolitan	Neasden & Kingsbury station renamed to Neasden.
1932-01-03	Metropolitan	The downside (outwards from central London) platform on Preston Road station closed. A new platform further west opened the day after.
1932-05-18	District, now Piccadilly	Northfields & Little Ealing closed, the nearby Northfields station opened the next day.
1932-05-19	District, now Piccadilly	Northfields station opened.
1932-05-21	Piccadilly	Down Street station closed.
1932-07-04	Piccadilly	Piccadilly extended the line over District tracks from Hammersmith via Acton Town, Ealing Common, North Ealing, Park Royal, Alperton, Sudbury Town and Sudbury Hill to South Harrow. The District ceased running between Ealing Common and South Harrow, leaving only a shuttle service on this branch from South Harrow to Uxbridge. See also 1933-10-23.
1932-09-12	District	The line east from Barking to Upminster re-opened, along with the intermediate stations Upney, Becontree, Heathway (now Dagenham Heathway), Dagenham (now Dagenham East) and Hornchurch. This time the District had built it's own set of tracks.
1932-09-19	Piccadilly	Opened the first northern extension from Finsbury Park via Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green, Bounds Green to Arnos Grove.
1932-10-31	Piccadilly	Gillespie Road station renamed to Arsenal (Highbury Hill). Suffix gradually dropped.
1932-12-10	Metropolitan, now Jubilee	Opened a branch from Wembley Park to Stanmore via Kingsbury, Queensbury and Canons Park (then Canons Park (Edgware)).
1933-??-??	District	Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove station (now Bayswater) renamed to Bayswater (Queen's Road). It was renamed again in 1946-09-01
1933-??-??	Metropolitan, now Jubilee	Canons Park (Edgware) renamed to Canons Park.
1933-??-??	Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City	Great Portland Street & Regent's Park renamed to Great Portland Street.
1933-??-??	Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City	King's Cross & St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras. It was moved to a new location 1941-03-13.
1933-??-??	Metropolitan , now also Circle and Hammersmith & City	Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove station (now Bayswater) renamed to Bayswater (Queen's Road). It was renamed again in 1946-09-01
1933-??-??	Northern	King's Cross for St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras.
1933-??-??	Piccadilly	King's Cross for St. Pancras renamed to King's Cross St. Pancras.
1933-01-09	Piccadilly	Opened a branch south west from Acton Town to Northfields, via South Ealing, using District tracks.
1933-03-13	Piccadilly	Extended the south west branch from Northfields to Hounslow West, via Boston Manor, Osterley & Spring Grove (now closed, close to Osterley), Hounslow East and Hounslow Central.
1933-03-13	Piccadilly	Opened an extension from Arnos Grove via Southfields to Enfield West (now Oakwood).
1933-05-22	Piccadilly	Holborn station renamed to Holborn (Kingsway), suffix gradually dropped.
1933-07-03	Bakerloo	South Kenton station opened between North Wembley and Kenton.
1933-07-31	Piccadilly	Opened the final northern extension from Enfield West (now Oakwood) to Cockfosters.
1933-09-10	Metropolitan	Paddington (Bishop's Road) renamed to Paddington.
1933-09-18	Metropolitan	Escalator link opened between Monument and Bank.
1933-09-18	Piccadilly	Dover Street (St. James's) renamned to Green Park.
1933-09-24	Central	British Museum station closed. A new station at Holborn opened the next day.
1933-09-25	Central	Holborn (Kingsway) station (now Holborn) opened to provide interchange with the Piccadilly Line.
1933-10-23	District and Piccadilly	Piccadilly trains took over from District trains the line between South Harrow and Uxbridge, serving Rayners Lane, Eastcote, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip, Ickenham and Hillingdon.
1933-11-13	Metropolitan	Northwood Hills opened between Pinner and Northwood.
1933-12-31	Metropolitan	The curve between Rickmansworth and Croxley (then Croxley Green) closed. It was re-opened 1941-10-06.
1934-??-??	Metropolitan	Chorley Wood & Chenies renamed to Chorley Wood.
1934-??-??	Metropolitan	Amersham & Chesham Bois reverted to the name Amersham.
1934-03-24	District and Piccadilly, now Piccadilly	Osterley & Spring Grove station closed. The nearby Osterley opened 1934-03-25.
1934-03-25	District and Piccadilly, now Piccadilly	Osterley station opened.
1934-04-01	Metropolitan and Piccadilly	Hillingdon renamed to Hillingdon (Swakeleys). Suffix gradually dropped.
1934-05-03	Piccadilly	Enfield West station renamed to Enfield West (Oakwood), now Oakwood.
1934-06-25	Central	Chancery Lane station renamed to Chancery Lane (Grays Inn). Suffix gradually dropped.
1934-07-29	Piccadilly	Brompton Road station closed.
1934-12-17	District	Upminster Bridge station opened between Hornchurch and Upminster.
1935-05-13	District	Elm Park station opened between Dagenham (now Dagenham East) and Hornchurch.
1935-07-05	Piccadilly	South Harrow station opened. The old station with the same name opened slightly to the south closed the previous day.
1935-08-04	Northern	An auxiliary Air Force place crashed across the line near Colindale. A short curcuit cased a fire in the signal box, which burnt down.
1935-11-30	Metropolitan	The line between Brill and Quainton Road closed, including the intermediate stations Wood Siding, Wotton, Westcott and Waddendon Road.
1936-03-01	District	Park Royal station renamed to Park Royal (Hanger Hill).
1936-03-30	Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City	Opened a service along the Distict line from Whitechapel to Barking, serving the intermediate stations Stepney Green, Mile End, Bow Road, Bromley (now Bromley-by-bow), West Ham (Manor Road) (now West Ham), Plaistow, Upton Park and East Ham.
1936-04-21	Metropolitan, now also Circle and Hammersmith & City	Farringdon & High Holborn renamed to Farringdon.
1936-07-04	Metropolitan	The section between Aylesbury and Verney Junction station closed, including the intermediate stations. The line between Aylesbury and Quainton Road was re-opened 1943-??-??, except for the station Waddesdon.
1937-02-01	Central	Post Office station renamed to St. Paul's.
1937-03-15	Metropolitan	Northwick Park & Kenton renamed to Northwick Park.
1938-??-??	Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City	Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) station renamed to Ladbroke Grove.
1938-??-??	Metropolitan, now Jubilee	Willesden Green & Cricklewood renamed to Willesden Green.
1938-04-30	District and Metropolitan	St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) station closed.
1938-10-30	District and Metropolitan, now District and Hammersmith & City	Aldgate East station closed. Replaced 1938-10-31 by a new station slight to the east with the same name.
1938-12-03	Metropolitan and Piccadilly	Uxbridge station closed. A new station with the same name, located closer to Uxbridge High Street opened the next day.
1939-06-11	Metropolitan	St. John's Wood renamed to Lord's.
1939-06-11	Northern	Highgate (now Archway) renamed to Archway (Highgate). It was renamed again 1941-01-19 and 1947-12-??.
1939-07-03	Northern	The Archway (Highgate) branch extended to East Finchley. Highgate station opened later, 1941-01-19.
1939-10-07	Metropolitan	The two Pullman cars Galatea and Mayflower were withdrawn.
1939-11-18	Metropolitan	Closed the connection between Aldgate East to Shadwell. The connection is called St. Mary's Curve. The connection still exist, but not for passenger service.
1939-11-19	Metropolitan	Marlborough Road and Lord's stations closed. The area was served by the Bakerloo St. john's Wood station. Closed the branch from Wembley Park to Stanmore. See also Bakerloo line 1939-11-20.
1939-11-20	Bakerloo	Opened a branch from Baker Street to Finchley Road via St. John's Wood and Swiss Cottage. Began running over Metropolitan tracks from Finchley Road to Stanmore, serving all intermediate stations: West Hampstead, Kilburn (then Kilburn & Brondesbury), Willesden Green, Dollis Hill, Neasden, Wembley Park, Kingsbury, Queensbury and Canons Park.