Uxbridge tube station

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**Uxbridge**
Image:Uxbridge tube station.jpg
Management
Managed by	London Underground
Location
Place	Uxbridge
Local authority	Hillingdon
Statistics
Annual entry/exit	5.332 million
Zone	6
Platforms in use	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1904

Uxbridge tube station is London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London, and the terminus of the Uxbridge branch of both the Piccadilly Line and the Metropolitan Line.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 6 and the next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is situated 15.5 miles (25 km) west of Charing Cross.

The Uxbridge branch opened for the Metropolitan Line on 4 July 1904, and for the Piccadilly Line on 23 October 1933. The original station was replaced by the current one on a new site a few hundred yards away on 4 December 1938. Uxbridge's original station was located in Belmont Road (now used as sidings) and was constructed with a view to a possible extension of the Metropolitan line. The original station had two platforms - one each for the Metropolitan line and District Line, (the latter being replaced by the Piccadilly Line).

The frontage of the station is an brick building, with some railway inspired sculptures above the main entrance, and the canopy over the platforms is a concrete and glass structure. There are some marked similarities between this station and Cockfosters, the terminus at the northern end of the Piccadilly Line. The forecourt of the new station was originally laid out to provide a turning circle for trolleybuses, which had replaced the local trams in 1936.