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Ruislip Gardens tube station

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The station has an island platform layout. Some services start or terminate here rather than West Ruislip, the trains leaving or entering the Central line depot to the west of the station, south of the running lines. There is a link from the Central line depot for stock movement to the
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A running link round the southern boundary of the depot has several times been proposed, to make a connection with the Metropolitan line. This would allow through running of Central line trains onwards from Ruislip Gardens to Uxbridge, but nothing has ever come of these suggestions.
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The main line services stopping at Ruislip Gardens ceased on 21 July 1958 and the station closed, leaving only the Central line services in place. Until recently the entrance to a passenger stairwell was visible on the London-bound side of the Chiltern tracks.
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with services starting on 2 April 1906 although there was no station at Ruislip Gardens at that time. The station opened on 9 July 1934.
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after the war and so the terminus of the extension was cut back to West Ruislip, with services starting on 21 November 1948.
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Island platform looking east with Chiltern Railways tracks visible on left
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Former Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway stations
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The tracks through the station were laid by part of the
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Keep alive our lost Elysium – Rural Middlesex again.
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London Underground

Ruislip Gardens is located in Greater London
Ruislip
London Borough of Hillingdon
London Underground
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TfL station info page
Coordinates
51°33′37″N 0°24′37″W / 51.5602°N 0.4102°W / 51.5602; -0.4102
London transport portal
London Underground
Central line
West Ruislip
South Ruislip
Travelcard Zone 5
Metropolitan line
Piccadilly line
Ruislip
Ruislip Manor
RAF Northolt
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
1935-40 New Works Programme
World War II
Metropolitan Green Belt
Metropolitan line
Ruislip

London Underground
West Ruislip

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