Central line (London Underground)

Central line
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	A Central line 1992 stock train leaving Theydon Bois
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	London Underground
Stations	49
Ridership	260.916 million (2011/12) passenger journeys
Website	tfl.gov.uk
Operation
Opened	30 June 1900
Character	Deep Tube
Depot(s)	Ruislip; Hainault; White City
Rolling stock	1992 Stock
Technical
Line length	74 km (46 mi)
Track gauge	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found.
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The Central Line is a line of the London Underground. Its colour is red on the tube map. It runs east-west through London. The line was the longest line until the line between Epping and Ongar was closed. Outside the rush hours trains run every 3-4 minutes in Central London and every 6-7 minutes on the branches.

Map

Stations

Template:Central line RDT In order from west to east. Station in italics are not in the on the Central line anymore

West Ruislip branch

Terminus: West Ruislip, opened 21 November 1948
Ruislip Gardens, opened 21 November 1948.
South Ruislip, opened 21 November 1948.
Northolt, opened 21 November 1948.
Greenford, opened 30 June 1947.
Perivale, opened 30 June 1947.
Hanger Lane, opened 30 June 1947.

branch joins at North Acton:

Ealing Broadway branch

Terminus: Ealing Broadway, opened 3 August 1920.
West Acton, opened 5 November 1923.

branch joins at North Acton:

Main line

North Acton, opened 5 November 1923
East Acton, opened 3 August 1920.
White City, opened 23 November 1947.
Wood Lane, opened 14 May 1908; closed 22 November 1947.
Shepherd's Bush, opened 30 July 1900.
Holland Park, opened 30 July 1900.
Notting Hill Gate, opened 30 July 1900.
Queensway, opened 30 July 1900 (as Queens Road); renamed 1 September 1946.
Lancaster Gate, opened 30 July 1900.
Marble Arch, opened 30 July 1900.
Bond Street, opened 24 September 1900.
Oxford Circus, opened 30 July 1900.
Tottenham Court Road, opened 22 June 1907 (as Oxford Street); renamed 9 March 1908.
British Museum, opened 30 July 1900; closed 24 September 1933.
Holborn, opened 25 September 1933
Chancery Lane, opened 30 July 1900
St. Paul's, opened 30 July 1900
Bank, opened 30 July 1900.
Liverpool Street, opened 28 July 1912.
Bethnal Green, opened 4 December 1946.
Mile End, opened 4 December 1946.
Stratford, first served 4 December 1946.
Leyton, first served 5 May 1947.
Leytonstone, first served 5 May 1947.

Splits into two branches.

Woodford branch

Wanstead, opened 14 December 1947.
Redbridge, opened 14 December 1947.
Gants Hill, opened 14 December 1947.
Newbury Park, first served 14 December 1947.
Barkingside, first served 31 May 1948.
Fairlop, first served 31 May 1948.
Grange Hill, first served 21 November 1948.
Chigwell, first served 21 November 1948.
Roding Valley, first served 21 November 1948.

Terminates at Woodford [see Ongar Branch] (except for rush hours)

Ongar branch (now Epping Branch)

Snaresbrook, first served 14 December 1947.
South Woodford, first served 14 December 1947 (as South Woodford (George Lane)); renamed 1950.
Buckhurst Hill, first served 21 November 1948.
Loughton, first served 21 November 1948.
Debden, first served 25 September 1949.
Theydon Bois, first served 25 September 1949.
Terminus: Epping, first served 25 September 1949.

Note: the remaining stations to Ongar were served by a shuttle service from Epping.

North Weald, first served 25 September 1949; closed 30 September 1994.
Blake Hall, first served 25 September 1949; closed: 31 October 1981.
Ongar, first served 25 September 1949; closed 30 September 1994.

Central Line (London Underground) Media

Harry Bell Measures designed the surface buildings for the CLR, such as this one at Oxford Circus.
Loughton station was rebuilt in the 1930s, with a central track accessed by two platforms for the Central line extension. Opening in 1940, it was not served by Central line trains until 1948.^[3] Today, the station is a listed building.
West Ruislip station, served both by London Underground and Chiltern Railways
Ruislip Gardens tube station
South Ruislip station, served by both London Underground and Chiltern Railways
Northolt tube station on Mandeville Road
Greenford station, served by both London Underground and First Great Western
Perivale tube station, July 2008, just after recent refurbishment work to the upper facade.
Hanger Lane tube station, viewed from south side of Hanger Lane gyratory
Ealing Broadway station, as seen on 8th May 2022