Shepherd's Bush railway station

For other uses, see Shepherd's Bush station (disambiguation).

Shepherd's Bush is an interchange station between the Mildmay line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in Shepherd's Bush, West London. It opened on 29 September 2008 and lies within Travelcard Zone 2.

Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush Location of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London
Location	Shepherd's Bush
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	SPB
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1][2]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Shepherd's Bush
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	7.647 million[3]
– interchange	15,125[3]
2020–21	2.272 million[3]
– interchange	3,749[3]
2021–22	5.009 million[3]
– interchange	6,712[3]
2022–23	5.705 million[3]
– interchange	15,841[3]
2023–24	6.493 million[3]
– interchange	19,241[3]
Railway companies
Original company	Network Rail
Key dates
29 September 2008	Opened[4]
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.505128°N 0.217561°W / 51.505128; -0.217561
London transport portal

A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name Shepherd's Bush; today the National Rail station shares its name with the adjacent Central line Shepherd's Bush, with which it shares a surface-level interchange.

An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle line and Hammersmith & City line located approximately 500 metres (0.3 miles) away was originally called Shepherd's Bush. This station was renamed on 12 October 2008 to Shepherd's Bush Market to avoid confusion.^[5]

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Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services

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Watford Junction Greater London boundary Harrow & Wealdstone Wembley Central West Coast Main Line to Euston North London line to Stratford Grand Union Canal Shepherd's Bush Kensington (Olympia) West Brompton Imperial Wharf River Thames Brighton Main Line to Victoria Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst East Croydon Brighton Main Line and Oxted line

History

Map showing layout of current and former railways and stations around Shepherd's Bush

Original Silverlink signage installed in 2007.

Previously a station existed almost on the same site as the present Shepherd's Bush station. Uxbridge Road station was opened in 1869 by London & North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway on the Middle Circle route. In 1905 the line became branch of the Metropolitan Railway, and later London Underground's Metropolitan line. Uxbridge Road was closed in 1940 after the line was bombed several times during the Blitz.

In 2005, construction began on a major redevelopment project in the White City area, including the large-scale Westfield Shopping Centre, developed by the Westfield Group.^[6] Shepherd's Bush station was designed and funded by the Westfield Group as part of a Section 106 redevelopment contribution, and construction was project-managed by Capita Symonds; this project also included the provision of an integrated bus interchange and the reconstruction of the London Underground Central line station.

Building work on the West London line station began in early 2006 and it was due to open in summer 2007.^[7] Although largely completed on time, the station was unable to open due to the northbound platform being 460 millimetres (18 in) too narrow to comply with railway safety regulations, based on the anticipated number of passengers using the station.^[8] Following remedial reconstruction work on the platform, the station opened on 29 September 2008.^[9]

The three-letter station code SPB and location code 9587 appear on ticketing systems, and train times for the station began appearing on timetables from May 2007.^[10]

With a 2007 opening date in mind, the station was to have been served by Silverlink trains, and it was fitted out with Silverlink-branded signage. By the time the station actually opened to passenger service, the rail franchise had passed to London Overground, and the station signage was rebranded.

In April 2015 the station platforms were extended to accommodate longer, 8-car Southern trains, and a footbridge and a new entrance were constructed at the northern end of the station to ease passenger flows. The £1.35m station upgrade work was supported with £3.9 million from the Westfield Shopping Centre and the platform lengthening was part of a nine-month, £25 million project funded by Network Rail to extend platforms along the West London line.^[11][12]

Services

Services on the Mildmay line of the London Overground operate using Class 378 EMUs; National Rail services along the West London line operated by Southern are run using related Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[13][14]

• 4 tph to Stratford via Willesden Junction (Mildmay line)
• 1 tph to Watford Junction (Southern)
• 4 tph to Clapham Junction (Mildmay line)
• 1 tph to East Croydon (Southern)

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. During the late evenings, Mildmay line services run between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wembley Central		Southern West London Line		Kensington (Olympia)
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Willesden Junction towards Stratford		Mildmay line West London line		Kensington (Olympia) towards Clapham Junction

Connections

London Buses routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95, 148, 207, 220, 228, 237, 260, 272, 283, 295, 316, C1 and SL8 and night routes N72 and N207 serve the station.^[15]

Gallery

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  Platforms looking north
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  Platforms looking south
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  Station looking north from Uxbridge Road
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  Footbridge looking south
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  Footbridge looking north
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  Class 313 unit departs with a northbound Overground service
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  Platform roundel, based on the famous symbol of London Transport, but with Overground orange circle
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  Station entrance viewed from the south

See also

• Shepherd's Bush railway station (1874–1916) – a closed station of the same name south of Shepherd's Bush Common on a closed London and South Western Railway branch line
• Shepherd's Bush stations
• Imperial Wharf railway station – another newly opened station on the West London line