:Boston Manor tube station

{{Infobox London station

| name = Boston Manor

| symbol = underground

| manager = London Underground

| locale = Boston Manor

| borough = London Borough of Hounslow

| platforms = 2

| fare_zone = 4

| image_name = Boston Manor stn building.JPG

| caption = Station building

| coordinates = {{coord|51.4955|N|0.3252|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| original = District Railway

| years1 = 1 May 1883

| years2 = 11 December 1911

| years3 = 13 March 1933

| years4 = 9 October 1964

| events1 = Opened as Boston Road

| events2 = Renamed Boston Manor

| events3 = Piccadilly line service introduced

| events4 = District line service ceased

| listing_grade = II

| listing_start = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|3|21}}

| listing_entry = 1063901

| listing_reference= {{NHLE | num=1063901 | desc=Boston Manor Underground Station | access-date= 20 May 2013}}

}}

Boston Manor is a London Underground station at the boundary of the boroughs of Hounslow and Ealing. It is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line, between Osterley and Northfields stations. It is located in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station is on a street-level bridge over the line on Boston Manor Road, serving the neighbourhood around Boston Manor House, north-west of Brentford, and southern parts of Hanwell. Opened in 1883 by the District Railway, it was reconstructed in 1932 to a Grade II-listed building. Designed by architect Charles Holden, the Art Deco styled structure features a tall tower which acts as a landmark of the area. The station was once served by both the Piccadilly and District lines, with the latter having its last service withdrawn in 1964.

Location

Boston Manor station entrance is on Boston Manor Road, and the station serves a small residential area in Brentford. The station sits close to the boundary between the London Borough of Hounslow and London Borough of Ealing. Nearby places include Boston Manor playing fields, Elthorne Park high school, Gunnersbury Boys School and Swyncombe playing field. The Grand Union Canal and Brent river are also accessible from the station. Northfields depot is just to the east of the station.{{cite map |url=https://www.google.com.my/maps/@51.4959173,-0.3255069,1279m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en |website=Google Maps |title=Boston Manor tube station |access-date=4 December 2018}} Boston Manor dates back to the 1170s as "Bordwadestone", which referred to Bord's tun, or farm, by the stone. The Jacobean mansion named Boston Manor House was constructed in 1622–23, and is also near the station.{{sfn|Wallinger|Self|Warner|Wolmar|2014|p=289}}

History

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In 1866, permission was given to local landowners for a Hounslow and Metropolitan Railway, which would serve areas in Hounslow such as Boston Manor, and to connect to another proposed line called the Acton & Brentford railway. However, the latter was never constructed but instead a {{convert|5+1/2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} extension of the District Railway (DR) from Mill Hill Park (now Acton Town) to Hounslow Barracks (now Hounslow West) was considered and granted.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|Horne|2006|pp=20–21}}

Boston Manor was initially opened by the DR on 1 May 1883 as part of an extension from Mill Hill Park to Hounslow Town.{{#tag:ref|A single-track shuttle branch line from Osterley & Spring Grove, to Hounslow Barracks was opened on the same day. Hounslow Town closed on 2 May 1909, with its branch service terminated. It is replaced by Hounslow East station.{{sfn|Rose|2016}}{{sfn|Connor|2006|p=19}}|group=note}} The station was originally named Boston Road.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|Horne|2006|pp=20–21}} The signs on the platforms gave the name as Boston Manor for Brentford & Hanwell.{{cite web |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-17942?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM/c2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I=&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I= |title=District Railway station gardens competition, 1922 |website=London Transport Museum Photographic Archive |date=21 July 1922 |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102816/https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-17942?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM%2Fc2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D |archive-date=4 December 2018 |url-status=live }} Electrification of the DR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=42}} Northfield (Ealing) Halt (now Northfields), the next stop to the east was only opened on 16 April 1908.{{sfn|Connor|2000|p=75}} The station was given its current name on 11 December 1911.{{cite web |url=http://www.lurs.org.uk/02%20oct%20PICCADILLY%20TO%20THE%20WEST.pdf |last=Stuart |first=Eric |title=Piccadilly to the West |access-date=4 December 2018 |publisher=London Underground Railway Society |url-status=live |page=19 |work=Points of Interest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204111904/http://www.lurs.org.uk/02%20oct%20PICCADILLY%20TO%20THE%20WEST.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2018}}

To prepare for the Piccadilly line extension to Hounslow,{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=56}} the station was rebuilt between 1932 and 1934 in a Modernist style{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=60}} which replaced the 1883 station building. During the reconstruction, a temporary booking hall was built.{{cite web |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-81855?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM/c2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I=&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I= |title=Boston Manor Underground station, Piccadilly line |date=7 November 1932 |access-date=4 December 2018 |url-status=live |website=London Transport Museum Photographic Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204112422/https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-81855?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM%2Fc2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D |archive-date=4 December 2018 }} Most of the platform infrastructure was kept, partly due to its substantial buildings compared to other stations.{{sfn|Horne|2007|p=50}} Piccadilly line services, which had been running as far as Northfields since 9 January 1933, were extended to run to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933 when the partially completed Boston Manor station was opened to passengers.{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=60}} The new station building was finally completed on 25 March 1934.{{cite web |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-64534?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM/c2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I=&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I= |title=Boston Manor Underground station, Piccadilly line |date=16 July 1934 |website=London Transport Museum Photographic Archive |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103325/https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-64534?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM%2Fc2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D |archive-date=5 December 2018 }}

Because of the Piccadilly line extension, the off-peak District line service through the station was converted to a Hounslow West to South Acton shuttle. This was discontinued on 29 April 1935{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=60}} while peak hour services were withdrawn completely on 9 October 1964.{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=88}}

In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step-free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/further-13-stations-to-go-step-free|title=Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free|website=London City Hall|language=en|access-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204105854/https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/further-13-stations-to-go-step-free |archive-date=4 December 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/news/article/384/mayor_of_london_announces_investment_to_make_boston_manor_step-free |title=Mayor of London announces investment to make Boston Manor step-free |publisher=London Borough of Hounslow |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2018 |date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204141448/https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/news/article/384/mayor_of_london_announces_investment_to_make_boston_manor_step-free |archive-date=4 December 2018}}

Station features

The original 1883 station building was built by the District Railway. It was a red brick building with an enamel pecked half roundel attached to the arched window space above the booking office entrance. A lampshade branded Tiffany was above the roundel.{{cite web |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-88276?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM/c2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I=&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I= |title=Boston Manor Underground station, District line, exterior view |date=October 1927 |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2018 |website=London Transport Museum Photographic Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204105637/https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/1998-88276?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM%2Fc2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D |archive-date=4 December 2018 }} The original stairs to the platforms with cast iron balustrades are retained. The fretted wooden awnings at the platform remain intact, with the canopy pillars painted black and yellow.{{cite web |url=https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/2001-33516?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM/c2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I=&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I= |title=Boston Manor Underground station, Piccadilly line |last=Robertson |first=Hugh |date=29 July 2001 |access-date=5 December 2018 |url-status=live |website=London Transport Museum Photographic Archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205110018/https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs/item/2001-33516?&apiurl=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkubHRtdXNldW0uY28udWsvcGhvdG9ncmFwaHM%2Fc2hvcnQ9MSZza2lwPTAmbGltaXQ9NDgmcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D&searchpage=Y29sbGVjdGlvbnMvY29sbGVjdGlvbnMtb25saW5lL3Bob3RvZ3JhcGhzL3BhZ2UvMT8mcT1Cb3N0b24rTWFub3I%3D |archive-date=5 December 2018 }} Cast iron columns with capitals and octagonal bases provide support for the part-glazed timber roof on iron trusses.{{sfn|Lawrence|1994|pp=82, 110, 111, 119}}

The new station building occupies a narrow site due to the nearby depot, where it was built out over the tracks. It features a Modernist style design by Stanley Heaps, in consultation with Charles Holden.{{sfn|Wallinger|Self|Warner|Wolmar|2014|p=289}}{{sfn|Day|Reed|2008|p=114}} The main structure is of brown bricks and reinforced concrete, topped by a flat roof. Inspired by contemporary Dutch and German architecture, the distinctive tower functions as a landmark within the low-height suburban residential area. The tower is decorated with glazed ceramic tiles and pasted with an enamelled London Underground logo.{{sfn|Leboff|1994|p=23}} The upper stages of the tower are fitted with a vertical strip of glass bricks which is part of a lighting feature. The booking hall sits to the right of the single-storey structure, lit with clerestory windows. The ticket office kiosk retains its banded tile decoration. A curved shop unit adjoins to the left side of the structure. Metal-framed windows were added to the western ends of the shelters at platform level.{{sfn|Lawrence|1994|pp=82, 110, 111, 119}}

File:Mark Wallinger Labyrinth 262 - Boston Manor.jpg

The station, architecturally noted for Holden's Art Deco design, was granted Grade II Listed status on 21 March 2002. On 9 January 2013, the station appeared on a British postage stamp as part of a set commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first London underground train journey. The stamp's caption read "Boston Manor Art Deco Station".{{cite press release | url=http://www.royalmailgroup.com/royal-mail-celebrates-150-years-london-underground | title=Royal Mail celebrates 150 years of the London Underground | publisher=Royal Mail | date=8 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116090724/http://www.royalmailgroup.com/royal-mail-celebrates-150-years-london-underground | archive-date=16 January 2013 | url-status=dead | access-date=13 January 2013 }} The station also has a Labyrinth puzzle, which is installed at all stations on the Underground network. This labyrinth puzzle is part of the Woodcut family, installed at the top of the stairs leading to eastbound Platform 2, next to a booking office window.{{sfn|Wallinger|Self|Warner|Wolmar|2014|p=289}}

Services and connections

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=Services=

Boston Manor station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line between Osterley to the west and Northfields to the east.{{cite map/Standard Tube Map}} The typical off-peak frequencies, in trains per hour (tph), are as follows:{{cite web |url=https://www.davros.org/rail/culg/piccadilly.html |title=Piccadilly line |work=Clive's Underground Line Guides |last=Feather |first=Clive |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204134135/https://www.davros.org/rail/culg/piccadilly.html |archive-date=4 December 2018}}{{cite web |title=London Underground Working Timetable – Piccadilly line |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-58-piccadilly-21-may-2017-.pdf |publisher=Transport for London |date=21 May 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205110614/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-58-piccadilly-21-may-2017-.pdf |archive-date=5 December 2018}}

12 tph eastbound to Cockfosters or Arnos Grove
6 tph westbound via the Heathrow Terminal 4 loop
6 tph westbound to Heathrow Terminal 5

Night tube is also operational on this part of the line, with 6 tph on both directions between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Cockfosters.{{cite map/Standard Night Tube Map}}

{{Adjacent stations

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Just to the west of the station, Piccadilly line trains can enter or exit the Northfields depot via crossovers. The depot has more than 20 sidings and was built in the 1930s to facilitate the extension of the Piccadilly line to Hounslow.{{sfn|Horne|2006|p=58}}{{sfn|Rose|1980}}{{cite map |url=http://carto.metro.free.fr/documents/CartoMetroLondon.v3.7.pdf |format=PDF |title=Greater London Transport Tracks Map |work=CartoMetro London Edition |version=3.7 |last=Jarrier |first=Franklin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118092031/http://carto.metro.free.fr/documents/CartoMetroLondon.v3.7.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2018}}{{#tag:ref|Northfields station (then named Northfields & Little Ealing) was resited slightly to the east. The old platforms were closed on 18 May 1932 and new junctions to the depot were constructed at the former site. The new platforms opened the next day in spite of the unfinished station building.{{sfn|Rose|1980}}|group=note}}

=Connections=

London Buses routes 195 and E8 serve the station.{{cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/northfields-boston-manor-a4-280516.pdf |title=Buses from Northfields and Boston Manor |date=28 May 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204110457/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/northfields-boston-manor-a4-280516.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2018}}

Notes and references

=Notes=

=References=

=Books=

{{cite book |last=Connor |first=J.E. |title=Abandoned Stations on London's Underground: A Photographic Record |year=2000 |edition=1st |publisher=Connor & Butler |isbn=978-0-94769-930-7 }}
{{cite book |last=Connor |first=J.E. |title=London's Disused Underground Stations |orig-year=1999 |year=2006 |edition=2nd |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-250-X }}
{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=John R. |last2=Reed |first2=John |title=The Story of London's Underground |edition=10th |year=2008 |orig-year=1963 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=978-1-85414-316-7 }}
{{cite book |last=Horne |first=Mike |title=The District Line |year=2006 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-292-5 }}
{{Cite book |last=Horne |first=Mike |title=The Piccadilly Tube – A History of the First Hundred Years |location=London |publisher=Capital Transport |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-85414-305-1}}
{{cite book |last=Lawrence |first=David |title=Underground Architecture |year=1994 |edition=1st |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn=978-1-85414-160-6 }}
{{cite book |last=Leboff|first=David|title=London Underground Stations|year=1994|publisher=Ian Allan|isbn=978-0-7110-2226-3}}
{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History |edition=1st |year=1980 |publisher=Capital Transport |isbn= 978-1-85414-219-1 }}
{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History |edition=8th |date=December 2007 |orig-year=1980 |publisher=Capital Transport |location=Harrow Weald |isbn=978-1-85414-315-0 }}
{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=2016 |orig-year=1980 |edition=9th |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=978-1-85414-404-1 }}
{{cite book |title=Labyrinth: A Journey Through London's Underground by Mark Wallinger |last=Wallinger |first=Mark |last2=Self |first2=Will |last3=Warner |first3=Marina |last4=Wolmar |first4=Christian |last5=Bal |first5=Thierry |last6=Coysh |first6=Louise |last7=Dillon |first7=Tamsin |date=6 October 2014 |publisher=Art / Books |isbn=978-1-90897-016-9 }}

External links

[https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
{{LTM archive|1998-88277|Boston Manor station, 1916}}
{{LTM archive|1998-78787|View of station from platform, 1930}}
{{LTM archive|1998-64534|New station, 1934}}
{{LTM archive|1998-75595|Illumination of tower at night, 1935}}
{{LTM archive|2001-33512|Boston Manor station, 2001}}
{{LTM archive|1998-63477|Interior view of booking hall 1934}}

Category:Piccadilly line stations

Category:London Underground Night Tube stations

Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Hounslow

Category:Former Metropolitan District Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883

Category:Charles Holden railway stations

Category:Art Deco architecture in London

Category:Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Hounslow

Category:Grade II* listed railway stations