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shopping centre, the original depot along with the disused Wood Lane platforms and station building were demolished. A new depot was built in a slightly different location, located directly beneath the shopping centre - funded by
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The new depot opened in January 2007, with 16 stabling sidings, one more than previously. The White City depot is the closest depot to Central London of any tube line. Since the 1990s, all trains stabled at the depot are
184:(now Queensway). The CLR opened on 30 July 1900, with a sharp curve west of Shepherd's Bush tube station to reach the depot, which was also used as a reversing siding. On 14 May 1908, the line was extended to 195:
On the depot site was the CLR's power station which generated the electricity to run the railway's trains. The power station closed on 18 March 1928 when power began to be supplied from
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with an anti-clockwise loop back to Shepherd's Bush station. Wood Lane station was closed in 1947 when White City station was opened to the north.
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shopping centre development. This makes it one of only two depots on the London Underground to be completely underground, the other being
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Originally called Wood Lane depot, the depot became operational on 1 March 1900 when the first trains were test-run to
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when the line first went into operation. A new underground depot opened in 2007, as part of the
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Observers and Navigators: And Other Non-Pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
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tube stations. A depot on the site first opened in 1900 by the
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Building London's Underground: From Cut-and Cover to Crossrail
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White City depot under construction in 2006, as part of the
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Transport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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1900 map showing the depot with the generating station
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Wood Lane depot
White City, London
51°30′26″N 0°13′24″W / 51.507157°N 0.223453°W / 51.507157; -0.223453
1992 Stock
Central line
London Underground
Shepherd's Bush
White City
Central London Railway
Westfield London
Waterloo Underground Depot
Waterloo and City line

Queen's Road
Wood Lane station
Franco-British Exhibition
Lots Road Power Station
Dimco Buildings
White City bus station

Westfield London
Westfield London
Westfield.
1992 Stock
Hainault depot
Ruislip depot
Observers and Navigators: And Other Non-Pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
ISBN
9781909808027
London Boroughs at 50

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