Ruislip () is a

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station in

Ruislip Ruislip ( ) is a suburb in the London Borough of Hillingdon in northwest London. Prior to 1965 it was in Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...

in west

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. The station is on the

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of both the

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and

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lines, between

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and

Ruislip Manor Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately west north west of Charing Cross. The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the develop ...

stations. The station is located on Station Approach. It is in

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. It is the oldest station on the

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branch and was originally the only intermediate station on the line between Uxbridge and

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History

The

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( Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between

and

and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track

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was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905. The formation was made wide enough at Ruislip to enable another pair of tracks to be constructed as passing loops or additional platform roads. Neither has ever occurred. On 1 March 1910, an extension of the

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from

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to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at

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was opened enabling District line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933, District line services were replaced by Piccadilly line trains. Currently, only the station's eastbound (Central London) platform has step-free access. Passengers who wish to travel in the Uxbridge direction and are unable to use the footbridge (which is the only link between the westbound platform and the entrance/exit) must travel to

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or Sudbury Town and change direction there. In 2018, it was announced that the station will be made fully accessible, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube. It is possible to reverse trains from west to east at Ruislip. Trains must detrain in the westbound platform and then continue for approximately half a mile to a reversing siding leading to Ruislip Depot. After reversing, the train must come back the way it came and enter the eastbound platform by means of a crossover. Unfortunately, while this manoeuvre is carried out, both the westbound and eastbound services are held up. Therefore, this manoeuvre is usually only done by some peak-hour

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trains due to the inconvenience it causes. There was formerly a crossover to the east of the station enabling trains to leave the westbound platform in an easterly direction, and a goods yard to the north of the line.

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate an express service, though currently for Metropolitan Line trains on the Uxbridge branch this is eastbound only in the morning peaks (06:30 to 09:30) Monday to Friday. The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 8tph Eastbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations) * 8tph Westbound to Uxbridge The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 2tph Eastbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (semi-fast) * 4tph Eastbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations) * 4tph Eastbound to Baker Street (all stations) * 10tph Westbound to Uxbridge The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 7tph Eastbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations) * 3tph Eastbound to Baker Street (all stations) * 10tph Westbound to Uxbridge

Piccadilly line

Between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge there is no Piccadilly Line service before approximately 06:30 (Monday - Friday) and 08:45 (Saturday - Sunday), except for one early morning departure from Uxbridge at 05:18 (Monday - Saturday) and 06:46 (Sunday). The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 3tph Eastbound to Cockfosters * 3tph Westbound to Uxbridge The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 6tph Eastbound to Cockfosters * 6tph Westbound to Uxbridge

Connections

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routes

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, E7, H13, U1 and U10 serve the station.

References

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