South Ruislip station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station South Ruislip (Template:IPAc-en) is a station served by London Underground and Chiltern Railways in South Ruislip in West London. The station is owned, managed and staffed by London Underground.<ref name=NRE>Template:Cite web</ref> The station is in London fare zone 5.
History
The GWR/GCR Joint line to High Wycombe carried services from both Paddington and Marylebone. They met at Northolt Junction, situated slightly to the east of the station, from where four tracks ran westwards to Ruislip Gardens and West Ruislip; there the route shrank to two tracks only. Opened on 1 May 1908<ref>Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley</ref> and originally known as Northolt Junction, the station became South Ruislip & Northolt Junction from September 1932 and received its present name on 30 June 1947.<ref>Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 72</ref><ref>Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford page 124</ref>
The station was designed by Brian Lewis and F.F.C. Curtis and first served by Central line trains on 21 November 1948 when the Central line extension from London towards West Ruislip was completed after being delayed by World War II. The rounded booking hall was not completed until 1960.<ref>Edwards 1985, p. 36</ref> The concrete, glass and granite chip frieze in the booking hall is one of the earliest public works by glass artist, Henry Haig.<ref>Template:Cite web (paper based on Template:Cite journal)</ref>
In late 1973 and early 1974 the track layout was simplified and the manual signal box was removed in early 1990, along with other manual signal boxes on this line, and its function replaced by colour light signalling and power operated points, both controlled from Marylebone. The track alignments were improved to allow higher speed running at the junction for the services from Marylebone, and the pointwork which had allowed trains from Paddington to call at the westbound Chiltern station platform was removed. All eastbound services were moved to the former through road; the eastbound road, which had formerly extended from the platform road at West Ruislip, was closed and lifted, and the eastbound platform widened.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The alignment of the turnout towards Marylebone was improved to allow higher-speed running. Fragments of the old trackwork can still be seen to the north of the line at this point. The trackwork at this station has been upgraded and now permits higher speed running up to Template:Convert.
The station was transferred from the Western Region of British Rail to the London Midland Region on 24 March 1974.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
The station in the 21st century
Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.
The lines to Marylebone formerly passed either side of West Waste. As part of Chiltern Railways' Evergreen 3 route improvements works, Northolt Junction was remodelled and included provision to the north of the waste transfer depot of a new down main line alongside the existing up main to allow services to be accelerated. The new down main line has a line speed limit of Template:Convert compared with the former Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The existing down main was remodelled to become the down loop line, used by trains stopping at South Ruislip station.
The bridge outside which carries the lines over Long Drive is lower than others locally at Template:Convert and is often hit by high vehicles. Either side of it, false deck beams have been installed so the danger of any impacts causing damage to the bridge itself has been lessened.
Services
National Rail
National Rail services at South Ruislip are operated by Chiltern Railways. (2023)
The station's weekday off-peak service pattern is unusual in that it's served by trains at different frequencies in each direction. The station is served by one train every two hours to London Marylebone and one train per hour to Template:Stnlnk. Services to and from London operate as stopping services calling at most stations. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>
On weekends, the service is increased to hourly in each direction and northbound services are extended beyond High Wycombe to and from Template:Stnlnk via Template:Stnlnk.
London Underground
The typical off-peak London Underground service on the Central line in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 9 tph to Template:Stn (2023)
- 9 tph to Epping (2023)
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to up to 12 tph in each direction.
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Connections
London Buses routes 114 and E7 serve the station.
References
- Bibliography
- Edwards, Dennis. F. (1985) Bygone Ruislip and Uxbridge. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Template:ISBN
External links
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- Central line (London Underground) stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Hillingdon
- Tube stations in the London Borough of Hillingdon
- Former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908
- Railway stations served by Chiltern Railways
- 1908 establishments in England