London Underground history 1950-1959

1940-1949

1960-1969

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Date

Line(s)

Event

1950-??-??

Central

South Woodford (George Lane) renamed to South Woodford.

1950-09-25

Metropolitan

Aylesbury was renamed Aylesbury Town.

1950-09-25

Metropolitan

Moor Park & Sandy Lodge renamed to Moor Park.

1950-10-01

Northern

Trinity Road (Tooting Bec) renamed to Tooting Bec.

1952-03-02

District

Walham Green renamed to Fulham Broadway.

1952-11-16

Bakerloo

Carpenders Park station closed. See also 1952-11-17.

1952-11-17

Bakerloo

A new, resited, Carpenders Park station opened. The old station closed 1952-11-16.

1956-??-??

Bakerloo

Hatch End (For Pinner) renamed to Hatch End.

1957-11-18

Central

The line between Epping and Ongar electrified.

1959-02-28

District

Closed the branch from Acton Town to South Acton.

1959-03-01

Central, District and Circle

The interchange at Notting Hill Gate with the Circle/District station with the same name opened. Previously there were two different stations on each side of a busy road.

1959-10-24

Metropolitan, now Hammersmith & City

White City station closed.

1940-1949

1960-1969

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This page updated 1999-01-07.