Open · since 1868
Why is it called Bayswater?
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Where the name comes from
From the 1380 place name "Bayards Watering Place", which in Middle English meant either a watering place for horses or the watering place belonging to the Bayard family.
Where it is
See Bayswater on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Circle Notting Hill Gate
- Circle Paddington
- District Notting Hill Gate
- District Paddington
At a glance
- Opened
- 1868
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- District, Circle
- Fare zone
- 1
- Local authority
- City of Westminster
- Earlier names
- Bayswater: 1868–1923; Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove: 1923–1933; Bayswater (Queen's Road): 1933–1946; Bayswater (Queensway): 1946, suffix gradually dropped
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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