Park Royal tube station

The District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened the line through Park Royal on its new extension to {{stl|London Underground|South Harrow}} on 23 June 1903.{{cite book

|last=Rose

|first=Douglas

|title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History

|year=1999

|publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport

|isbn=1-85414-219-4}} A station, Park Royal & Twyford Abbey, was opened at that time a short distance to the north of the current station to serve the Royal Agricultural Society's recently opened Park Royal show grounds.

The current station was built for the extension of Piccadilly line services over the District line tracks to {{stl|London Underground|South Harrow}}. It opened on 6 July 1931 and replaced the earlier station which closed on the previous day.

First opened as a temporary timber structure, the current station building was designed by Welch & Lander in an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne style influenced by the Underground's principal architect Charles Holden. The station buildings are formed from a series of simple interconnecting geometric shapes. Plain red brick masses are accented with strong horizontal and vertical glazed elements. A large circular ticket hall with high level windows gives access to the platform stairs. The enclosures for these form cascades of glazed steps down to the platforms.

The most prominent feature of the station building is the tall square tower adjacent to the ticket hall. This is adorned with the Underground roundel; and represents a visible locator for the station from some distance. The permanent structure was opened in 1936. Attached to the station building and across the small open space of Hanger Green are two curved three-storey retail and office buildings built in the same style as the station.

On 4 July 1932, the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at {{stl|London Underground|Hammersmith|District}} sharing the route with the District line to {{stl|London Underground|Ealing Common}}. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line.

From 1 March 1936 until 1947 the station name was modified to Park Royal (Hanger Hill). The suffix was then dropped and the station returned to the unmodified version. Hanger Hill referred to a residential estate adjacent to the station.

In August 2022 a woman died when the Range Rover she was travelling in crashed through a barrier, hit another vehicle and ended up on Piccadilly line tracks at Park Royal Tube station. The driver and another female passenger were injured also taken to hospital. The driver Rida Kazem admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65564073

The Mayor's plans for the area include improvements to the station access.{{cite web|pages=103, 107 |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/park-royal-oapf-chaps10-12.pdf |title=Park Royal Opportunity Area Planning Framework (Chapter 10: The Gateways and the Heart) |publisher=Greater London Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926051736/http://london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/park-royal-oapf-chaps10-12.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2013 }} 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 Tube.{{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=2018-02-02|date=19 January 2018}}

The developers of the First Central business park at Park Royal were planning a new station between North Acton and Hanger Lane on the Central line. This would have served the business park and provide a walking distance interchange with Park Royal station.[http://www.firstcentral.co.uk/ First Central Business Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083311/http://www.firstcentral.co.uk/ |date=29 September 2007 }}. This is not being actively pursued. London Underground has said that the transport benefits of a Park Royal station on the Central line are not sufficiently high to justify the costs of construction.{{cite web|url=http://www.brent.gov.uk/tps.nsf/Files/LBBA-674/$FILE/London%20Regional%20Diageo%20Cov%20Let.pdf|date=20 October 2009|title=Proposed Park Royal Central Line station|access-date=21 May 2012}}

Park Royal station is on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line between Alperton to the west and North Ealing to the east.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:{{cite web |url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701100216/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2016 }}

• 6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
• 3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
• 3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
• 6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
• 6tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)

{{Adjacent stations|system=London Underground

|line1=Piccadilly|left1=Alperton|right1=North Ealing|to-left1=Uxbridge or Rayners Lane|type1=Uxbridge branch

|header2=Former services

|line2=District|left2=Alperton|right2=North Ealing|to-left2=South Harrow or Uxbridge|to-right2=Upminster|note-mid2=(1931–1932)

}}

London Buses routes 95 and 487 serve the station.

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File:Park Royal stn look north.JPG|Looking north from the eastbound platform (in the westbound direction)

File:Park Royal stn look south.JPG|Looking south from the eastbound platform (in the eastbound direction)

File:Park Royal Station - geograph.org.uk - 318545.jpg|Platform shelter on the westbound platform – note slope of platform from south to north

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• [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
• {{LTM archive|1998-87536|Temporary station, 1934}}
• {{LTM archive|1998-62709|Ticket Hall in 1939}}
• {{LTM archive|1998-85034|Station and attached shops, 1948}}
• {{LTM archive|2001-16724|Park Royal station and platforms, 2000}}
• {{LTM archive|2001-33552|External view of station, showing ticket hall and tower, 2001}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083311/http://www.firstcentral.co.uk/ First Central Business Park]

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