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{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{about|the current Wood Lane station on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines|the closed station that was on the Metropolitan line|Wood Lane tube station (Metropolitan line)|the closed station that was on the Central line|Wood Lane tube station (Central line)}}
{{see also|Stations around Shepherd's Bush}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Wood Lane
| image_name =Wood Lane tube station 8.jpg 
| caption = Wood Lane station
| manager = [[London Underground]]
| locale = [[Wood Lane]] 
| borough = [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]] 
| original         = [[Transport for London]]
| years1           = 13 June 1864
| events1          = Line opened
| years2=12 October 2008 
| events2=Station opened
| years3=13 December 2009
| events3=[[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle line]] services started
| platforms=2 
<!-- | tubeexits08 = 3.82
| tubeexits09 = {{decrease}} 3.10 -->
| railcode      = WOL<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/station-abbreviations.pdf|title=Station Codes|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
| access        = yes
| access_note   = <ref>{{citation step free tube map}}</ref>
| symbol        = underground
| fare_zone     = 2 
| coordinates   = {{coord|51|30|35.27|N|0|13|27|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dec}}
| interchange   = [[White City tube station|White City]] {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
| interchange_note = <ref>{{Citation London station interchange June 2020}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Wood Lane stn eastbound look west.JPG|thumb|Wood Lane tube station eastbound platform looking west]]
'''Wood Lane''' is a [[London Underground]] station in the [[White City, London|White City]] area of west [[London]], United Kingdom. It is on the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] lines, between [[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush Market]] and [[Latimer Road tube station|Latimer Road]] stations, and is located in [[London fare zone 2]].

Although it is on a line which has been in operation since 1864, the station is new, having opened on 12 October 2008 – the first station to be built on an existing Tube line for over 70 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=New Wood Lane Underground station opens|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2008/october/new-wood-lane-underground-station-opens|date=October 2008|website=Transport for London|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=5 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205081905/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2008/october/new-wood-lane-underground-station-opens|url-status=live}}</ref> It is near the site of a [[Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station|station of the same name]] that closed on 24 October 1959.

==History==
[[File:Underground Stations in Shepherd's Bush.svg|upright=0.75|Stations old and new in the Shepherd's Bush area|thumb|left]]
The Hammersmith and City line was opened on 13 June 1864 by the [[Metropolitan Railway]] (MR) as the Hammersmith branch line. The railway became part of London Underground in 1933 and took on a separate identity as the Hammersmith and City line in 1990.

In 1908 the [[Franco-British Exhibition (1908)|Franco-British Exhibition]] and the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] came to London, the first of a number of major events in White City that attracted infrastructural investment by railway companies. Among others, the MR opened its [[Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station|Wood Lane station]] on the Hammersmith branch to serve the event. From 1927 it was used to transport the public to and from the greyhound racing at [[White City Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS101129401&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Sports in Brief |newspaper=[[London Times]]|date= 25 May 1927|via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale Group]]}}</ref> The station opened and closed intermittently, and was renamed twice, to ''Wood Lane (White City)'' in 1920 and ''White City'' in 1947, before it closed on 24 October 1959 following fire damage. For the next 49 years, the Wood Lane area was served only by [[White City tube station|White City]] on the Central line; Hammersmith line trains passed through the area without stopping, the nearest station on that line approximately {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} away at [[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush]].

In the early 1970s, rebuilding a station on the site was considered as part of the plans for the new White City Channel Tunnel terminal located adjacent, however the plans were abandoned in January 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last=by |title=Unbuilt London: The Eurostar terminus at White City |url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/unbuilt-london-the-channel-tunnel-terminus-at-white-city-41056/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.ianvisits.co.uk |date=26 January 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2005, work commenced on the large-scale [[Westfield London|Westfield Shopping Centre]]. As part of the work, £200m of transport improvements were made including rebuilding [[Shepherd's Bush tube station|Shepherd's Bush Central line station]], a new [[Shepherd's Bush railway station]] and two bus interchanges.<ref name=":0" /> It was decided to build a new station on the Hammersmith & City line, just north-east of the old Metropolitan station on Wood Lane. In 2006 [[Transport for London]] decided, after deliberating over various possibilities, on the name ''Wood Lane'', reviving an historical name. This was the first time that a new station on the Tube had been given the name of a former station that had been closed for several years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wood Lane and Shepherds Bush Market to join Tube map|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/november/wood-lane-and-shepherds-bush-market-to-join-tube-map|date=20 November 2006|website=Transport for London|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003836/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/november/wood-lane-and-shepherds-bush-market-to-join-tube-map|url-status=live}}</ref>

The station opened on 12 October 2008, and for its first year, was served exclusively by the Hammersmith & City line.<ref name=":0" /> On 13 December 2009 Wood Lane was added to the Circle line when the line was extended to Hammersmith.<ref name="circle">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7926242.stm|title=Circle Line extended to the west|date=5 March 2009|publisher=BBC News|access-date=16 February 2010|archive-date=10 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310035950/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7926242.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Wood lane station entrance.jpg|thumb|Wood Lane Tube Station entrance]]

==Design and construction==
[[File:Wood Lane station (01-08) - geograph.org.uk - 678372.jpg|thumb|The station under construction, 2008]]
[[File:Wood lane platform.jpg|thumb|Wood Lane tube station eastbound platform]]
Wood Lane Underground Station was designed by [[Ian Ritchie Architects]] and it is clad in [[Shot peening|shot-peened]] [[stainless steel]], gold [[Anodizing|anodised]] [[aluminium]] and [[granite]] with a 25-metre-high glass screen façade.<ref name="ritchie">{{cite web|url=http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/hcl_station/index.html|title=Wood Lane Station|publisher=Ian Ritchie Architects|access-date=16 February 2010|archive-date=27 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227040613/http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/hcl_station/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Construction was carried out by [[Costain Group|Costain]]. The station building occupies an irregularly-shaped site between Wood Lane and the railway viaduct, and presented particular challenges as it lies across the Central line. The lines remained operational during construction, which mostly took place at night.

The structure encases the railway viaduct and platforms are accessed via stairs and lifts either side of the brick arches. During construction the bridge of the Hammersmith & City line over Wood Lane had to be widened to accommodate a new track on the Central line, providing access to the new depot below the Westfield site. A bridge [[Pier (architecture)|pier]] was removed and a new steel bridge structure slid into place over a new pier.<ref name="bridge">{{cite web|url=http://www.lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf%2006/nov/white%20city.pdf|title=White City Development – 1900 to 2010|date=November 2006|publisher=London Underground Railway Society|access-date=16 February 2010|archive-date=16 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816123558/http://lurs.org.uk/documents/pdf%2006/nov/white%20city.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> As with all new Underground stations since the 1990s, the station is fully accessible.<ref name=":0" />

==Location==
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The station is on [[Wood Lane]], which runs north from Shepherd's Bush in the [[White City, London|White City]] area. It serves the [[Westfield London|Westfield shopping centre]] and [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]] (formerly occupied by the [[BBC]]) and [[Loftus Road]] stadium, the home of [[Queen's Park Rangers FC]], is a short distance away.

==See also==
*[[Shepherd's Bush stations]] – other stations in the [[Shepherd's Bush]] area.
*[[Wood Lane (Central line) tube station|Wood Lane]] – a closed station on the Central line
*[[Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station|Wood Lane]] – a closed station on the Metropolitan line
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040713090039/http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 Details of new transport infrastructure]
*[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/resources/corporate/media/pressimages/rez-high/h-tube-map-2010.jpg Tfl.gov.uk – Underground map of future developments to 2010 showing Wood Lane station]

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