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Main-line station once served by Tube trains · 1877–1906

Hammersmith (Grove Road), where the Tube once ran

Metropolitan

Where the name comes from

Named after Hammersmith and Grove Road (now Hammersmith Grove), on which it stood. Hammersmith may mean "(place with) a hammer smithy or forge"; in 1839 Thomas Faulkner proposed instead Old English ham plus hythe, a reference to the riverside.

Where it is

Acton TownBaker StreetBarons CourtBayswaterBond StreetChiswick ParkEaling BroadwayEaling CommonEarl's CourtEast ActonEdgware RoadEdgware RoadFulham BroadwayGloucester RoadGoldhawk RoadGreat Portland StreetGunnersburyHammersmithHammersmithHigh Street KensingtonHolland ParkHyde Park CornerKensington (Olympia)Kew GardensKnightsbridgeLadbroke GroveLancaster GateLatimer RoadMarble ArchMaryleboneNorth ActonNorth EalingNotting Hill GatePaddingtonPaddingtonPark RoyalParsons GreenPutney BridgeQueenswayRavenscourt ParkRegent's ParkRichmondRoyal OakShepherd's BushShepherd's Bush MarketSloane SquareSouth EalingSouth KensingtonStamford BrookTurnham GreenVictoriaWarwick AvenueWest ActonWest BromptonWest KensingtonWestbourne ParkWhite CityWood LaneBrompton RoadDown StreetEarl's CourtHammersmith (Grove Road)Shepherd's BushSouth ActonUxbridge RoadWestbourne ParkWhite CityWood Lane

See Hammersmith (Grove Road) on the interactive map, 1863 to today

At a glance

Opened
1877
Closed
1906
Status
Main-line station once served by Tube trains
Line
Metropolitan
What remains
Subsequently closed and demolished

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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