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Moor Park tube station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°37′48″N 0°25′52″W / 51.63°N 0.431°W

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Moor Park
Main entrance, on the northbound side
Moor Park Location of Moor Park in Hertfordshire
Location	Moor Park
Local authority	District of Three Rivers
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	6 and 7
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	0.93 million^[1]
2020	0.59 million^[2]
2021	0.46 million^[3]
2022	0.73 million^[4]
2023	0.81 million^[5]
Key dates
1 September 1887	Metropolitan Railway's extension opened from Pinner, en route to Rickmansworth, passing through here
9 May 1910	Opened as "Sandy Lodge"
18 October 1923	Renamed "Moor Park and Sandy Lodge"
2 November 1925	Goods yard closed^[6]
25 September 1950	Renamed "Moor Park"
1961^[7]	Station rebuilt, given quadruple track
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°37′48″N 0°25′52″W / 51.63°N 0.431°W / 51.63; -0.431
London transport portal

Moor Park is a London Underground station in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, serving those living on the Moor Park estate, and also on the neighbouring Eastbury and South Oxhey estates. The station is outside the Greater London boundary but is in both Zone 6 and Zone 7, and is served by the Metropolitan line between Rickmansworth (on the Chesham & Amersham branch) or Croxley (on the Watford branch) and Northwood.

History

The route extension from Pinner to Rickmansworth opened in 1887 by the Metropolitan Railway. Shortly after in 1899, Great Central Railway trains also passed here, following the Metropolitan via Verney Junction. Moor Park didn't open until 9 May 1910, and the station was called Sandy Lodge, after the Sandy Lodge Golf Course. It was renamed to Moor Park & Sandy Lodge in 1923 to reflect the area it was in. The lines were electrified in 1925 when the Watford branch was opened and electric-hauled trains passed to Rickmansworth to exchange the traction for steam. In 1950 the station was renamed to Moor Park and it was completely rebuilt in 1961, increasing the number of platforms to four: two for northbound trains (one for slow/semi-fast and one for fast services) and two for southbound trains to the city. British Rail and Network SouthEast trains stopped calling at Moor Park from 1993.

Since the 2011 timetable, fast and semi-fast trains have only run during peak times. The fast trains to Aldgate call from platform 2 during the morning peak, and to Amersham or Chesham from platform 1 during the evening peak. At all other times, and all day at weekends, trains depart from platforms 3 and 4, providing all station or semi-fast services to Baker Street or Aldgate going southbound, and to Watford, Amersham or Chesham northbound.

References

^ "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.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley

Gallery

Northbound fast platform looking south (platform 1)
Southbound fast platform looking north (platform 2)
Northbound slow (all stations) platform looking south (platform 3)
Southbound slow (all stations) platform looking north (platform 4)
Station platform Roundel
Rear entrance on the London-bound side, on the footpath to Sandy Lodge
Moor Park tube station
A suburban diesel toward Marylebone along the western platform.
Moor Park tube station. Opened in 1910 as Sandy Lodge for the local golf course.

External links

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London Transport Museum Photographic Archive

Preceding station		Following station
Croxley towards Watford	Metropolitan line	Northwood Semi-fast (peak hours only)/All Stations service towards Baker Street or Aldgate
Rickmansworth towards Amersham or Chesham	Metropolitan line	Harrow-on-the-Hill Fast service (morning peak hours only) towards Baker Street or Aldgate
Historical railways
Rickmansworth towards Aylesbury	Chiltern Lines London to Aylesbury Line	Harrow-on-the-Hill towards Marylebone

Metropolitan line

Stations

Central London section	Aldgate Liverpool Street Moorgate Barbican Farringdon King's Cross St Pancras Euston Square Great Portland Street
Core section	Baker Street Finchley Road Wembley Park Preston Road Northwick Park Harrow-on-the-Hill
Uxbridge branch	West Harrow Rayners Lane Eastcote Ruislip Manor Ruislip Ickenham Hillingdon Uxbridge
Outer section & branches	North Harrow Pinner Northwood Hills Northwood Moor Park Watford branch Croxley Watford Rickmansworth Chorleywood Chalfont & Latimer Chesham branch Chesham Amersham branch Amersham

Rolling stock

Present rolling stock	S8 Stock

History

Former lines	Brill Tramway 1863–1933 1933–1988 Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
Closed stations	Brill Granborough Road Hammersmith (Grove Road) Lord's Marlborough Road Quainton Road St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) Shoreditch Swiss Cottage Tower of London Uxbridge Road Verney Junction Waddesdon Waddesdon Road Westcott Winslow Road Wood Lane Wood Siding Wotton
Former stations	Aldgate East Aylesbury Barking Bow Road Bromley-by-Bow Dollis Hill Drayton Park East Ham Edgware Road Essex Road Finsbury Park Goldhawk Road Great Missenden Gunnersbury Hammersmith Highbury & Islington Kensington (Olympia) Kew Gardens Kilburn Kingsbury Ladbroke Grove Latimer Road New Cross New Cross Gate Mile End Neasden Old Street Paddington Plaistow Queensbury Ravenscourt Park Richmond Rotherhithe Royal Oak Shadwell Shepherd's Bush Stanmore Stepney Green Stoke Mandeville Surrey Quays Turnham Green Upton Park Wapping Wendover West Ham West Hampstead Whitechapel Willesden Green
Abandoned plans	Lothbury Clerkenwell Finchley Road Hampstead Watford Central
Transferred lines	Aylesbury line Bakerloo line East London line Hammersmith & City line Jubilee line Great Northern & City Railway
Former rolling stock	Metropolitan Railway electric multiple units GN&C Stock S Stock T Stock Circle Stock O/P/CP/CO/P1 Stock F Stock Main Line Stock A60 and A62 Stock
Former locomotives	A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class K Class Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives Metropolitan departmental ex GWR Wotton Tramway
Metro-Land	Metro-land Metro-Land (1973 film)

Historic
proposals

Croxley Rail Link	Cassiobridge Watford Vicarage Road Watford High Street Watford Junction
Other	West Hampstead interchange

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