West Hampstead is a stop on the Jubilee Line in North West London between
Kilburn and
Finchley Road.
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| Jubilee Line 96009 at West Hampstead |
| Information |
| Type: |
Transport for London (Jubilee Line) |
| Station code: |
ZWH |
| Opened: |
1879 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1879 [1] as it extended North West, and was the line's terminus before the extension continued to
Willesden Junction. From 1939 the Bakerloo Line took over most services from West Hampstead [2] with these services transferred to the Jubilee Line in 1979. A few Metropolitan Line services continued to stop at West Hampstead until the late 2000s but nowadays all of the line's services pass by the station on the two outer lines.
The station originally had platforms either side of the tracks [3] but this was replaced by an island platform. The station platform was rebuilt when the Bakerloo Line took over and has a fine Art Deco waiting room. The platform is in a cutting with the ticket office on a street level bridge that crosses the tracks.
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| Metropolitan Line S8 Stock passes the station |
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| A Jubilee Line 96ts train prepares to depart |
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| Platform building, the station building can be seen in the background |
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| Looking South |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 166
[2] Mike Horne, The Jubilee Line (Capital Transport, 2000) p. 25
[3] Mike Horne, The Metropolitan Line (Capital Transport, 2003) p. 15
