Ladbroke Grove tube station

Ladbroke Grove
Ladbroke Grove
	Ladbroke Grove Location of Ladbroke Grove in Greater London
Location	North Kensington
Local authority	Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	6.13 million
2020	2.84 million
2021	2.65 million
2022	5.10 million
2023	5.75 million
Railway companies
Original company	Hammersmith and City Railway
Pre-grouping	Hammersmith and City Railway
Post-grouping	Hammersmith and City Railway
Key dates
13 June 1864	Opened as Notting Hill
1869	Renamed Notting Hill (Ladbroke Road)
1880	Renamed Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove
1 June 1919	Renamed Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington)
1938	Renamed Ladbroke Grove
13 December 2009	Circle line service introduced
Other information
External links	TfL station info page;
Coordinates	51°31′02″N 0°12′38″W / 51.5172°N 0.2106°W
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Ladbroke Grove is a London Underground station on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Latimer Road and Westbourne Park stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2 set in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

History

Originally opened by the Hammersmith and City Railway on 13 June 1864, the station was originally named Notting Hill. With the extension of that line from Paddington to Hammersmith it was renamed Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove in 1880 and Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) on 1 June 1919 before acquiring the present name in 1938. The renamings were efforts to avoid confusion with the opening of Notting Hill Gate tube station, which had occurred in 1868. The station is named after the street of the same name, where its main entrance is located.

The station is the nearest to Portobello Road Market and market traders and shopkeepers in the market have started a campaign to have the station renamed Portobello Road in an effort to strengthen recognition of the market's proximity.^[6] The roundels at platform level do say "For Portobello Road" underneath the station name in smaller text, enabling passengers to alight if they are looking for the market. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, because of financial constraints, TfL decided to stop work on a project to provide step-free access at Ladbroke Grove and five other stations, on the grounds that these are relatively quiet stations and some are already one or two stops away from an existing step-free station.^[7] Ladbroke Grove is two stops away from Wood Lane which has step-free access. The project at Ladbroke Grove would have provided two new lifts to platform level and a new step-free entrance. £3.06 million was spent on Ladbroke Grove before the project was halted.^[8]

Gallery

View from the Westbound platform
Ticket Office
View from the Eastbound platform
Roundel

References

^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ Let's call it Portobello Road Tube, Evening Standard, 30 June 2006
^ "Disability and Deaf Equality Scheme (DES) 2009-2012". TfL. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ "TfL wastes £64million abandoning disabled access plans on the Tube". Evening Standard. London. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive

Preceding station		Following station
Latimer Road towards Hammersmith	Circle line	Westbourne Park towards Edgware Road via Aldgate
Latimer Road towards Hammersmith	Hammersmith & City line	Westbourne Park towards Barking
Former services
Latimer Road towards Hammersmith	Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1864-1990)	Westbourne Park towards Paddington

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2019-1] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2020-2] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2021-3] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2022-4] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2023-5] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[6] Let's call it Portobello Road Tube, Evening Standard, 30 June 2006

[7] "Disability and Deaf Equality Scheme (DES) 2009-2012". TfL. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

[8] "TfL wastes £64million abandoning disabled access plans on the Tube". Evening Standard. London. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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