Sudbury Town (/ˈsʌdbəri/) is a London Underground station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly line. The station is between Alperton and Sudbury Hill, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is located on the border between the London Boroughs of Brent and Ealing, with its main entrance on Station Approach in Sudbury. The forecourt of the station is known as Station Crescent. The station serves Sudbury, which forms the western part of Wembley.
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  Sudbury Town Location of Sudbury Town in Greater London | |
| Location | Sudbury |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2018 |  1.68 million[2] |
| 2019 |  1.83 million[3] |
| 2020 | 1.28 million[4] |
| 2021 | 0.84 million[5] |
| 2022 | 1.39 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | District Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 28 June 1903 | Station opened |
| 4 July 1932 | District line service replaced by Piccadilly line |
| Listed status | |
| Listing grade | II* (since 20 July 2011) |
| Entry number | 1294594[7] |
| Added to list | 19 February 1971 |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51°33′03″N 0°18′56″W / 51.55083°N 0.31556°W |
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Sudbury & Harrow Road National Rail station is located around 350 metres to the north, while Wembley Central station, on the Bakerloo line and the London Overground line to Watford Junction, is around 1 km to the east.
History edit
Sudbury Town station was opened on 28 June 1903 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) on its new extension to South Harrow from Park Royal & Twyford Abbey.[8]
This new extension was, together with the existing tracks back to Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be electrified and operate electric instead of steam trains.[9] The Deep level tube lines open at that time (City & South London Railway, Waterloo & City Railway and Central London Railway) had been electrically powered from the start.
The original station building was demolished in 1930 and 1931 and replaced by a new station in preparation for the handover of the branch from the District line to the Piccadilly line. The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Like the stations at Sudbury Hill to the north and Alperton to the south as well as others that Holden designed elsewhere for the east and west Piccadilly line extensions such as Acton Town and Oakwood, Sudbury Town station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station facilities and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of clerestory windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof. Sudbury Town station is a Grade II* listed building.[10] Some of the original station signage uses the Johnston Delf Smith typeface, a wedge-serif variation of the standard London Underground Johnston typeface.
On 4 July 1932, the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at Hammersmith sharing the route with the District line to Ealing Common. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line.[8]
The station was updated in 1986, in consultation with the Wembley History Society, the Thirties Society and GLC.[11]
Services edit
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[12]
- 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:[12]
- 12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound)
- 6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound)
- 6tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound)
Connections edit
London Buses routes 204, 487 and H17 serve the station. Route 245 no longer stops at the station.
References edit
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Historic England. "Sudbury Town Underground Station (1294594)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ a b Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
- ^ Feather, Clive. "District Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000.
- ^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
- ^ "Historic tube gets an update". Wembley Observer. London, UK. 8 May 1986. p. 19.
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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External links edit
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- "Charles Holden". CharlesHolden.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2003.
- "Sudbury Town station". CharlesHolden.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2004.
- "View of platform". CharlesHolden.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004.
| Preceding station |  London Underground
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Following station | ||
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| Sudbury Hill towards Uxbridge or Rayners Lane
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Piccadilly line | Alperton towards Cockfosters or Arnos Grove
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| Former services | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground
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Following station | ||
| Sudbury Hill towards South Harrow or Uxbridge
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District line (1903–1932)
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Alperton towards Upminster
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