District line
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Rolling stock | standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrification | 750V DC and 630V DC on sections used by the Piccadilly line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating speed | 62 mph (100 km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Signalling | CBTC (East of Barons Court/Fulham Broadway) Tripcock/Trainstop (West of Barons Court/Fulham Broadway) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The District line is a London Underground line running from Upminster in the east and Edgware Road in the west to Earl's Court in west London, where it splits into multiple branches. One branch runs to Wimbledon in south-west London and a short branch, with a limited service, only runs for one stop to Kensington (Olympia).[2] The main route continues west from Earl's Court to Turnham Green after which it divides again into two western branches, to Richmond and Ealing Broadway.
Printed in green on the Tube map, the line serves 60 stations (more than any other Underground line)[3] over 40 miles (64 km). It is the only Underground line to use a bridge to traverse the River Thames, crossing on both the Wimbledon and Richmond branches.[4] The track and stations between Barking and Aldgate East are shared with the Hammersmith & City line, and between Tower Hill and Gloucester Road and on the Edgware Road branch they are shared with the Circle line. Some of the stations between South Kensington and Ealing Common are shared with the Piccadilly line. Unlike London's deep-level lines, the railway tunnels are just below the surface, and the trains are of a similar size to those on British main lines.
The District line is the busiest of the sub-surface lines and the fifth-busiest line overall on the Underground, with over 250 million passenger journeys recorded in 2019.[5]
The original
The signalling system is being upgraded (as part of the
History
District Railway
The Metropolitan District Railway (commonly known as the District Railway) was formed to build and operate part of an underground 'inner circle' connecting London's railway termini. The first line opened in December 1868, with services from South Kensington to Westminster; these were operated by the
Hammersmith was reached from Earl's Court, services were extended to Richmond over the tracks of the
At the start of the 20th century, the District was seeing increased competition from the new electric underground tube lines and trams, and the use of steam locomotives underground led to unpopular smoke-filled stations and carriages.
Hounslow and Uxbridge were served by 2 or 3-car shuttles from Mill Hill Park (now Acton Town); some trains also served South Acton and central London in the peaks.[13] Services were extended again to Barking in 1908 and Upminster in 1932.[14] In 1932 Piccadilly line trains were extended from Hammersmith to South Harrow, taking over the District service from Acton Town to South Harrow, although the District continued to provide a shuttle from South Harrow to Uxbridge.[15] In 1933, Piccadilly line trains reached Hounslow West, the District continuing to run services with an off-peak shuttle from South Acton to Hounslow.[16]
London Transport
On 1 July 1933, the District Railway amalgamated with other Underground railways, tramway companies and bus operators to form the London Passenger Transport Board, and from 23 October 1933 Piccadilly line trains ran through to Uxbridge and the District line shuttle was withdrawn.[17] Most of the trailer cars on the District line were the 1904–1905 B Stock type with wooden bodies, but motor cars were less than fifteen years old. The 1935–1940 New Works Programme saw the Q Stock formed from these motor cars, upgraded with electro-pneumatic brakes and guard controlled air-operated doors, and the trailers replaced with new vehicles.[18] The off-peak District line services on the Hounslow branch were withdrawn on 29 April 1935 and South Acton served by a shuttle to Acton Town.[16]
The
The South Acton shuttle was withdrawn on 28 February 1959, followed by the peak hour District line through service to Hounslow on 9 October 1964.[25] The whole District line service could not run through Aldgate East as this station was also served by Hammersmith & City trains, so some trains terminated at a bay platform at Mansion House, leaving the line east to Tower Hill overcrowded. Tower Hill station was also cramped, so the station was rebuilt with three platforms on a new site. This opened in 1967 and a year later trains reversed at the new station.[26]
Services were operated with 6 cars off-peak and 8 cars during peak hours until 1971, when trains were reformed as fixed 7-car trains, and some 6-car trains for the Edgware Road branch.
Route
Map
Railway line
The District line is 40 miles (64 km) long and serves 60 stations.
On the main line, there are
East of Earl's Court there is a grade-separated junction off the main line to the Edgware Road branch. This follows the Circle line after
After Tower Hill, the Circle line diverges, the District line joining the Hammersmith & City line just before
The line mainly runs in cut and cover tunnels between West Kensington and Bow Road, including the Edgware Road branch. However, due to the nature of sub-surface lines, the cutting is occasionally left open both at and between stations for ventilation. West of Earls Court, the line is entirely surface level, with the exception of the Hammersmith and Fulham Broadway stations, which are in cuttings built over by recent developments. There is also a small section of tunnel between Southfields and East Putney.
Services
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The off-peak service since 9 December 2012 is:
- 6 tph (trains per hour) Ealing Broadway to Upminster[38]
- 6 tph Richmond to Upminster[39]
- 3 tph Wimbledon to Tower Hill
- 3 tph Wimbledon to Barking[40]
- 6 tph Wimbledon to Edgware Road[40]
- 3 tph Kensington (Olympia) to High Street Kensington at weekends, as well as 7 trains daily to or from Kensington (Olympia) on weekdays, of which 1 continue to Edgware Road.[41] A 2 tph service operates on weekday exhibition days.[citation needed]
This gives a service of 18 trains per hour (a train every 3–4 minutes) between Earl's Court and Tower Hill. Together with the Circle line, there are 24 trains per hour (a train every 2.5 minutes) between Gloucester Road and Tower Hill. 208 million passenger journeys were made on the District line in 2011/12.[42]
There are additional trains during peak hours. The central section from Earl's Court to Aldgate East is in Zone 1 and to the west Ealing Broadway and Wimbledon are in Zone 3 and Richmond in Zone 4. To the east the line runs to Upminster in Zone 6.[43]
Rolling stock
S Stock
The current 7-car S Stock trains began to enter service on the line in 2013,
With a top speed of 62 mph (100 km/h),
Depots
The S Stock trains are maintained at Ealing Common Depot[a] and Upminster Depot.[b] Ealing Common Depot was built by the District Railway when it was electrified in the early 1900s.[52] Upminster depot was built 1956–1958 when the District line tracks were segregated.[53] Trains may also be stabled in the sidings east of Barking alongside Hammersmith & City Line trains.
Four Lines Modernisation (4LM)
It was planned that a new signalling system would be used first on the sub-surface lines from the end of 2016,[54] but signalling contractor Bombardier was released from its contract by agreement in December 2013 amid heavy criticism of the procurement process[55] and London Underground subsequently awarded the contract for the project to Thales in August 2015.[56]
With the introduction of S7 Stock, the track, electrical supply, and signalling systems are being upgraded in a programme planned to increase peak-hour capacity on the line by 27 per cent by the end of 2023.[54][57][58] A single control room for the sub-surface railway opened at Hammersmith on 6 May 2018, and Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) provided by Thales will progressively replace 'fixed block' signalling equipment dating back to the 1940s.[54][59]
The rollout of CBTC has been split into sections, each known as a Signal Migration Area (SMA), and are located on the line as follows:[60]
SMA[i] | from | to | status | date |
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2 | Paddington | Edgware Road | commissioned | September 2019 |
3 | Monument | Stepney Green | completed | July 2020 |
4 | Monument | Sloane Square | completed | August 2020 |
5 | Sloane Square |
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completed | March 2022 |
6 | Stepney Green | Becontree | completed | January 2023 |
7 | Becontree | Upminster | completed | March 2023 |
10 | Barons Court |
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planned | TBD |
11 | Stamford Brook | Richmond | deferred | until further notice |
12 | Fulham Broadway | East Putney | planned | TBD |
List of stations
Open stations
In order from west to east
Station | Image | Opened[8] | Branch | Additional information | Position |
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Richmond | 1 October 1877 | Richmond | Connects with National Rail services. Opened by the L&SWR as Richmond New on 1 January 1869 and this amalgamated with the main line station in 1937.[61] |
51°27′47″N 000°18′00″W / 51.46306°N 0.30000°W | |
Kew Gardens | 1 October 1877 | Richmond | L&SWR station opened 1 January 1869[62] | 51°28′38″N 000°17′07″W / 51.47722°N 0.28528°W | |
Gunnersbury | 1 October 1877 | Richmond | Connects with London Overground services. Opened by L&SWR as Brentford Road 1 January 1869, renamed 1871.[63] | 51°29′30″N 000°16′30″W / 51.49167°N 0.27500°W | |
Ealing Broadway | 1 July 1879 | Ealing Broadway |
Connects with Central line, Elizabeth line and National Rail services. | 51°30′53″N 000°18′06″W / 51.51472°N 0.30167°W | |
Ealing Common | 1 July 1879 | Ealing Broadway |
Connects with Piccadilly line. Between 1886 and 1910 known as Ealing Common and West Acton[8] | 51°30′37″N 000°17′17″W / 51.51028°N 0.28806°W | |
1 July 1879 | Ealing Broadway |
Connects with Piccadilly line. Opened as Mill Hill Park, renamed 1 March 1910. Connects with Piccadilly line | 51°30′10″N 000°16′48″W / 51.50278°N 0.28000°W | ||
Chiswick Park | 1 July 1879 | Ealing Broadway |
Opened as Acton Green, renamed Chiswick Park and Acton Green in 1889, renamed 1910 | 51°29′41″N 000°16′04″W / 51.49472°N 0.26778°W | |
Turnham Green | 1 June 1877 | Main line |
L&SWR station opened 1 January 1869 | 51°29′43″N 000°15′18″W / 51.49528°N 0.25500°W | |
Stamford Brook | 1 February 1912 | Main line |
51°29′42″N 000°14′45″W / 51.49500°N 0.24583°W | ||
Ravenscourt Park | 1 June 1877 | Main line |
Opened as Shaftesbury Road by L&SWR on 1 April 1873, renamed 1 March 1888 | 51°29′39″N 000°14′09″W / 51.49417°N 0.23583°W | |
Hammersmith | 9 September 1874 | Main line |
Connects with Piccadilly, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines |
51°29′39″N 000°13′30″W / 51.49417°N 0.22500°W | |
Barons Court |
15 December 1906 | Main line |
Connects with Piccadilly line | 51°29′26″N 000°12′49″W / 51.49056°N 0.21361°W | |
West Kensington | 9 September 1874 | Main line |
Opened as North End (Fulham),[64] renamed 1877 | 51°29′27″N 000°12′23″W / 51.49083°N 0.20639°W | |
Wimbledon | 3 June 1889 | Wimbledon | Connects with National Rail and Tramlink services. L&SWR station opened 21 May 1838. | 51°25′24″N 000°12′15″W / 51.42333°N 0.20417°W | |
Wimbledon Park | 3 June 1889 | Wimbledon | 51°26′02″N 000°12′00″W / 51.43389°N 0.20000°W | ||
Southfields | 3 June 1889 | Wimbledon | 51°26′42″N 000°12′25″W / 51.44500°N 0.20694°W | ||
East Putney |
3 June 1889 | Wimbledon | 51°27′31″N 000°12′41″W / 51.45861°N 0.21139°W | ||
Putney Bridge | 1 March 1880 | Wimbledon | Opened as Putney Bridge & Fulham, renamed 1 January 1902 as Putney Bridge & Hurlingham, current name from 1932 | 51°28′06″N 000°12′32″W / 51.46833°N 0.20889°W | |
Parsons Green | 1 March 1880 | Wimbledon | 51°28′31″N 000°12′04″W / 51.47528°N 0.20111°W | ||
Fulham Broadway | 1 March 1880 | Wimbledon | Opened as Walham Green, renamed 2 March 1952 | 51°28′50″N 000°11′41″W / 51.48056°N 0.19472°W | |
West Brompton | 12 April 1869 | Wimbledon | Connects with National Rail and London Overground services. | 51°29′12″N 000°11′45″W / 51.48667°N 0.19583°W | |
20 December 1946 | Olympia | Connects with National Rail and London Overground services. The L&SWR opened a Kensington station on the West London Railway briefly in 1844. This station was opened on 2 June 1862 and was renamed Kensington Addison Road in 1868[65] and served by L&NWR, GWR, Metropolitan and other railways until services were withdrawn in 1940. Reopened as a branch of the District line in 1946.[66] | 51°29′55″N 000°12′39″W / 51.49861°N 0.21083°W | ||
Earl's Court | 30 October 1871 | Main line |
Connects with Piccadilly line and all other District line services. | 51°29′29″N 000°11′41″W / 51.49139°N 0.19472°W | |
High Street Kensington | 1 October 1868 | Edgware Road | Opened as Kensington (High Street) and name gradually changed by 1880.[8] Connects with the Circle line. | 51°30′03″N 000°11′33″W / 51.50083°N 0.19250°W | |
Notting Hill Gate | 1 October 1868 | Edgware Road | Connects with Central line. | 51°30′32″N 000°11′49″W / 51.50889°N 0.19694°W | |
Bayswater | 1 October 1868 | Edgware Road | Opened as Bayswater, renamed Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove in 1923, Bayswater (Queen's Road) in 1933 and Bayswater (Queensway) in 1946, after which the suffix was gradually dropped.[8] | 51°30′43″N 000°11′17″W / 51.51194°N 0.18806°W | |
Paddington | 1 October 1868 | Edgware Road | Opened as Paddington (Praed Street), renamed in 1948. Hammersmith & City lines to Hammersmith, Elizabeth line , and Paddington main line station. |
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Edgware Road | 1 October 1863 | Edgware Road | Connects with Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. | 51°31′12″N 000°10′04″W / 51.52000°N 0.16778°W | |
Gloucester Road | 1 October 1868 | Main line |
Opened as Brompton (Gloucester Road), renamed in 1907.[8] Connects with Piccadilly and Circle lines. | 51°29′41″N 000°10′59″W / 51.49472°N 0.18306°W | |
South Kensington | 24 December 1868 | Main line |
Connects with Piccadilly line | 51°29′39″N 000°10′26″W / 51.49417°N 0.17389°W | |
Sloane Square | 24 December 1868 | Main line |
51°29′33″N 000°09′24″W / 51.49250°N 0.15667°W | ||
Victoria | 24 December 1868 | Main line |
Connects with Victoria line and National Rail services. | 51°29′48″N 000°08′41″W / 51.49667°N 0.14472°W | |
St James's Park | 24 December 1868 | Main line |
51°29′58″N 000°08′04″W / 51.49944°N 0.13444°W | ||
Westminster | 24 December 1868 | Main line |
Opened as Westminster Bridge, renamed in 1907.[8] Connects with Jubilee line. | 51°30′04″N 000°07′30″W / 51.50111°N 0.12500°W | |
Embankment | 30 May 1870 | Main line |
Opened as Charing Cross, renamed Charing Cross Embankment in 1974 and to the current name from 1976. Bakerloo and Northern lines and Charing Cross National Rail station. |
51°30′25″N 000°07′19″W / 51.50694°N 0.12194°W | |
Temple | 30 May 1870 | Main line |
Opened as The Temple.[8] | 51°30′40″N 000°06′52″W / 51.51111°N 0.11444°W | |
Blackfriars | 30 May 1870 | Main line |
Connects with National Rail services. | 51°30′42″N 000°06′11″W / 51.51167°N 0.10306°W | |
Mansion House | 3 July 1871 | Main line |
51°30′44″N 000°05′39″W / 51.51222°N 0.09417°W | ||
Cannon Street (WB) | 6 October 1884 | Main line |
Connects with National Rail services. | 51°30′37″N 000°05′27″W / 51.51028°N 0.09083°W | |
6 October 1884 | Main line |
Opened as Eastcheap, renamed The Monument in 1884. Waterloo & City and DLR . |
51°30′47″N 000°05′17″W / 51.51306°N 0.08806°W | ||
Tower Hill | 25 September 1882 | Main line |
The Metropolitan Railway opened "Tower of London" but closed it in 1884 after the District Railway opened "Mark Lane" nearby. This station was renamed "Tower Hill" in 1946 and moved to the site of the "Tower of London" station in 1967.[8][67] Connects with Circle line. | 51°30′36″N 000°04′34″W / 51.51000°N 0.07611°W | |
Aldgate East |
6 October 1884 | Main line |
Connects with Hammersmith & City line. Moved to current position in 1938.[8] | 51°30′55″N 000°04′20″W / 51.51528°N 0.07222°W | |
Whitechapel | 6 October 1884 | Main line |
Connects with London Overground and Elizabeth line services. Opened as Whitechapel (Mile End), renamed in 1901. | 51°31′08″N 000°03′40″W / 51.51889°N 0.06111°W | |
Stepney Green | 23 June 1902 | Main line |
51°31′19″N 000°02′47″W / 51.52194°N 0.04639°W | ||
Mile End | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
Cross platform interchange with Central line. | 51°31′30″N 000°01′59″W / 51.52500°N 0.03306°W | |
Bow Road | 11 June 1902 | Main line |
51°31′38″N 000°01′29″W / 51.52722°N 0.02472°W | ||
Bromley-by-Bow | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
Opened as LT&SR station in 1894. First served as Bromley, LT&SR station closed in 1940 and renamed in 1967.[8][68] | 51°31′26″N 000°00′41″W / 51.52389°N 0.01139°W | |
West Ham | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
Connects with Jubilee line, Docklands Light Railway and National Rail services. Named West Ham (Manor Road) from 1924 to 1969, Metropolitan service began in 1941 and LT&SR station closed 1994.[8][69] | 51°31′41″N 000°00′14″E / 51.52806°N 0.00389°E | |
Plaistow | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
LT&SR station opened in 1858.[70] | 51°31′53″N 000°01′02″E / 51.53139°N 0.01722°E | |
Upton Park | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
LT&SR station opened in 1877.[71] | 51°32′06″N 000°02′04″E / 51.53500°N 0.03444°E | |
East Ham | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
LT&SR station opened in 1858.[72] | 51°32′20″N 000°03′06″E / 51.53889°N 0.05167°E | |
Barking | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
Connects with National Rail and London Overground. LT&SR station opened in 1854.[73] District Railway service withdrawn 1905–1908.[8] | 51°32′21″N 000°04′54″E / 51.53917°N 0.08167°E | |
12 September 1932 | Main line |
51°32′19″N 000°06′05″E / 51.53861°N 0.10139°E | |||
Becontree | 12 September 1932 | Main line |
51°32′25″N 000°07′37″E / 51.54028°N 0.12694°E | ||
12 September 1932 | Main line |
Opened as Heathway, renamed 1949. | 51°32′30″N 000°08′49″E / 51.54167°N 0.14694°E | ||
Dagenham East | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
Opened as Dagenham in 1885,[74] District line service withdrawn 1905 to 1932 and station renamed 1949.[8] | 51°32′40″N 000°09′56″E / 51.54444°N 0.16556°E | |
Elm Park | 13 May 1935 | Main line |
51°32′59″N 000°11′52″E / 51.54972°N 0.19778°E | ||
Hornchurch | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
LT&SR station opened 1885,[75] District line service withdrawn 1905 to 1932. | 51°33′11″N 000°13′08″E / 51.55306°N 0.21889°E | |
Upminster Bridge | 17 December 1934 | Main line |
51°33′29″N 000°14′03″E / 51.55806°N 0.23417°E | ||
Upminster | 2 June 1902 | Main line |
LT&SR station opened 1885,[76] District line service withdrawn 1905 to 1932. Connects with National Rail and London Overground services. | 51°33′32″N 000°15′04″E / 51.55889°N 0.25111°E |
Previously served stations
Now served by the Piccadilly line, the Hounslow branch opened to the now closed Hounslow Town on 1 May 1883 and was extended on a separate route to Hounslow West on 21 July 1884. The District line served the present Piccadilly line stations between Acton Town and Hounslow West as well as the former station of Osterley & Spring Grove (closed 1934) until District line services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964. From 13 June 1905 until 28 February 1959, the District line ran a one-stop shuttle between Acton Town and South Acton.[8]
Also now served by the Piccadilly line, the
Between 1 March 1883 and 30 September 1885, the District Railway provided a service to Windsor, serving: West Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, and Windsor.[8][9]
From 1910 to 1939, the District line's eastbound service ran as far as Southend-on-Sea and Shoeburyness.[77]
Currently part of the East London line, the District Railway branched away from the main line west of Whitechapel and served stations between Shadwell and New Cross from 1 October 1884 until 31 July 1905.[8]
Between Whitechapel and Aldgate East, the District line served St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road) from 1 October 1884 to 30 April 1938, closing when Aldgate East station moved.[8][78]
From 25 September 1882 until its closure on 12 October 1884, Tower of London station was served by the District Railway.[8]
Abandoned plans
In 1911, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London agreed to finance the construction of the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway and extend District Railway trains over its route to Sutton with eight intermediate stations. Construction of the line was delayed by World War I and, as part of a deal with the Southern Railway (SR) to agree to the extension of the City and South London Railway to Morden, construction of the line was taken over by the SR.[79][80]
Fictional stations
In the
See also
- Fourth rail
- Lillie Bridge Depot
Notes
- ^ Location of Ealing Common Depot: 51°30′24″N 000°17′07″W / 51.50667°N 0.28528°W
- ^ Location of Upminster Depot: 51°33′38″N 000°15′52″E / 51.56056°N 0.26444°E
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- London Railway Map. Quail Maps. 2001. ISBN 978-1-898319-54-2.
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