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Queensway
QueenswayLocation of Queensway in Central London
Location	Bayswater
Local authority	Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Station code(s)	QUE
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
OSI	Bayswater
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	8.25 million
2020	2.12 million
2021	3.62 million
2022	6.52 million
2023	6.15 million
Railway companies
Original company	Central London Railway
Key dates
30 July 1900	Opened as Queen's Road
1 September 1946	Renamed Queensway
Other information
External links	TfL station info page [1] Departures [1] Facilities
Coordinates	51°30′37.6″N 0°11′14″W / 51.510444°N 0.18722°W / 51.510444; -0.18722
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Queensway is a London Underground station on the Central line 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. It is between Notting Hill Gate to the west and Lancaster Gate to the east, and 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. 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." The station finally re-opened on 14 June 2006.

During refurbishment, the closest station was 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.

Gallery

• Eastbound platform
• Westbound platform
• Roundel on platform

References

1. "Station Codes" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
2. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
3. "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.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
7. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
8. "Paddington: Bayswater Pages 204-212 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington". Victoria County History, 1989. Retrieved 17 December 2022 – via British History Online.
9. "Queensway station opening delayed again". Transport for London. 12 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 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.
10. "Queensway station reopened today". Transport for London. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
11. "Buses from Bayswater (Queensway)" (PDF). TfL. March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
12. "Night buses from Bayswater (Queensway)" (PDF). TfL. March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Notting Hill Gatetowards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip		Central line		Lancaster Gatetowards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park

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• Central line (London Underground) stations
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