Queensway tube station
{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Queensway
| symbol = underground
| manager = London Underground
| locale = Bayswater
| borough = Westminster
| platforms = 2
| fare_zone = 1
| image_name = Queensway tube station.jpg
| caption = Station entrance
| coordinates = {{coord|51|30|37.6|N|0|11|14|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dec}}
| map_type = Central London
| label_position = right
| original = Central London Railway
| years1 = 30 July 1900
| years2 = 1 September 1946
| events1 = Opened as Queen's Road
| events2 = Renamed Queensway
| interchange = Bayswater {{rail-interchange|london|underground}}
| interchange_note = {{Citation London station interchange June 2020}}
}}
Queensway ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|iː|n|z|w|eɪ}}) is a London Underground station in Bayswater, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is at the junction of Queensway and Bayswater Road, and is opposite the north-west corner of Kensington Gardens. The station is on the Central line between Notting Hill Gate and Lancaster Gate stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
History
It opened on 30 July 1900, as Queen's Road, and was renamed on 1 September 1946. The building is an unusual survivor of the buildings designed for the Central London Railway by Harry Bell Measures, with a flat roof so that commercial development could take place above – in this case, a hotel. The Coburg hotel opened in 1907: its design features three cupolas, over shops and Queensway station.{{cite web |title=Paddington: Bayswater Pages 204-212 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp204-212 |via=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History, 1989 |access-date=17 December 2022}}
It was used as a location on the 1953 British film The Yellow Balloon (film).
The station today
There is a crossover east of the station to allow trains to terminate there. The crossover is not often used.
=Refurbishment=
The station was closed between 8 May 2005 and 14 June 2006 for refurbishment. These works were prompted by the need to replace the station's two (very old) lifts, which had been breaking down quite frequently prior to the station's closure. In addition the station had been modernised and re-tiled, as well as having replicas of the original lamps fitted to the façade.
Metronet, the private maintenance contractors, were originally given a deadline of 9 May 2006 to complete the works. When they failed to meet this or the revised 12 June deadline, Transport for London issued a harshly worded press release quoting London Underground Managing Director Tim O'Toole as saying "This is a further, and one hopes final, pathetic delay on a project that Metronet has failed to manage to time."{{cite web |date=12 June 2006 |title=Queensway station opening delayed again |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3567.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606155340/https://tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3567.html |archive-date=6 June 2012 |access-date=8 April 2010 |publisher=Transport for London |quote=Tim O'Toole, London Underground Managing Director, said: "This is a further, and one hopes final, pathetic delay on a project that Metronet has failed to manage to time.}} The station finally re-opened on 14 June 2006.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2006 |title=Queensway station reopened today |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3571.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606155432/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3571.html |archive-date=6 June 2012 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Transport for London}}
During refurbishment, the closest station was {{stl|LUL|Bayswater}} on the Circle and District lines, which is also located on Queensway approximately 100 metres north of the Queensway station. While the two stations are in close proximity, they are not connected.
Connections
London Buses routes 70, 94, 148 and night route N207 serve the station.{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/bayswater-queensway-a4-0322.pdf|title=Buses from Bayswater (Queensway)|date=March 2022|website=TfL|access-date=14 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/bayswater-queensway-night-a4-0322.pdf|title=Night buses from Bayswater (Queensway)|date=March 2022|website=TfL|access-date=14 May 2022}}
Gallery
File:Queensway stn eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform
File:Queensway station westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform
File:Queensway station roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform
References
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