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Renamed Stations
Underground stations have changed names for various reasons over the years. Sometimes, the original surface location itself has gradually become known by a different name. With other stations, the surface location may have changed enough not to reflect the station's original name (e.g. Dover Street was renamed Green Park when the original surface access to the station changed to a different street when escalators were installed).
Some stations also changed names when two original stations were merged into one, something that was relatively common in the early days when the lines were run by different competitive companies where their stations were very close to each other - but bore different names.
For most stations, the earlier identities have been completely erased and the only way to discover their old names are through historical documents such as old maps. Other stations leave evidence that can prove puzzling to the modern traveler, such as Arsenal, where the original Gillespie Road name can clearly be seen fired into the tile pattern on the platforms.
The list that follows lists all the stations that you'll find on today's Tube Map that have existed under different guises over the years. I'm hoping that this list is pretty much comprehensive.
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Oakwood | Enfield West | 1933 (opened) |
| Enfield West (Oakwood) | 1934 | |
| Oakwood | 1946 | |
| Arsenal | Gillespie Road | 1906 (opened) |
| Arsenal (Highbury Hill) | 1932 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| King's Cross St. Pancras | King's Cross | 1906 (opened) |
| King's Cross for St. Pancras | 1927 | |
| King's Cross St. Pancras | 1933 | |
| Holborn | Holborn | 1906 (opened) |
| Holborn (Kingsway) | 1933 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| Green Park | Dover Street | 1906 (opened) |
| Green Park | 1933 | |
| Alperton | Perivale-Alperton | 1903 (opened) |
| Alperton | 1910 | |
| Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 | Heathrow Central | 1977 (opened) |
| Heathrow Central Terminals 1,2,3 | 1983 | |
| Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 | 1986 |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Archway | Highgate | 1907 (opened) |
| Archway (Highgate) | 1939 | |
| Highgate (Archway) | 1941 | |
| Archway | 1947 | |
| Burnt Oak | Burnt Oak | 1924 (opened) |
| Burnt Oak (Watling) | ~1928 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| Warren Street | Euston Road | 1907 (opened) |
| Warren Street | 1908 | |
| Goodge Street | Tottenham Court Road | 1907 (opened) |
| Goodge Street | 1908 | |
| Tottenham Court Road | Oxford Street | 1907 (opened) |
| Tottenham Court Road | 1908 | |
| Charing Cross | Charing Cross | 1907 (opened) |
| Charing Cross (Strand) | 1914 | |
| Strand | 1915 | |
| Charing Cross | 1979 (merged with Trafalgar Square on Bakerloo) | |
| Embankment | Charing Cross (Embankment) | 1914 (opened) |
| Charing Cross | 1915 | |
| Charing Cross Embankment | 1974 | |
| Embankment | 1976 | |
| Oval | The Oval | 1890 (opened) |
| Oval | ~1894 | |
| Clapham North | Clapham Road | 1900 (opened) |
| Clapham North | 1926 | |
| Tooting Bec | Trinity Road (Tooting Bec) | 1926 |
| Tooting Bec | 1950 | |
| South Wimbledon | South Wimbledon | 1926 (opened) |
| South Wimbledon (Merton) | ~1928 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| King's Cross St. Pancras | King's Cross for St. Pancras | 1907 (opened) |
| King's Cross St. Pancras | 1933 | |
| Moorgate | Moorgate Street | 1900 (opened) |
| Moorgate | 1924 |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Canons Park | Canons Park (Edgware) | 1932 (opened as Metropolitan Line) |
| Canons Park | 1933 | |
| Kilburn | Kilburn & Brondesbury | 1939 (opened as Metropolitan Line) |
| Kilburn | 1950 |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| South Woodford | South Woodford (George Lane) | 1947 (opened) |
| South Woodford | 1950 | |
| St Paul's | Post Office | 1900 (opened) |
| St Paul's | 1937 | |
| Chancery Lane | Chancery Lane | 1900 (opened) |
| Chancery Lane (Grays Inn) | 1934 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| Holborn | Holborn (Kingsway) | 1933 (suffix gradually dropped) |
| Queensway | Queen's Road | 1900 (opened) |
| Queensway | 1946 | |
| West Ruslip | West Ruslip (for Ickenham) | 1948 (suffix gradually dropped) |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Bank | City | 1898 (opened) |
| Bank | 1940 |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Wembley Central | Wembley for Sudbury | 1917 (opened) |
| Wembley Central | 1948 | |
| Marylebone | Great Central | 1907 (opened) |
| Marylebone | 1917 | |
| Charing Cross | Trafalgar Square | 1906 (opened) |
| Charing Cross | 1979 (merged with Northern Line's Strand station) | |
| Embankment | Embankment | 1906 (opened) |
| Charing Cross (Embankment) | 1914 | |
| Charing Cross | 1915 | |
| Charing Cross Embankment | 1974 | |
| Embankment | 1976 | |
| Lambeth North | Kennington Road | 1906 (opened) |
| Westminster Bridge Road | 1906 | |
| Lambeth (North) | 1917 | |
| Lambeth North | ~1918 |
No stations have changed their name on the Victoria Line since it opened.
Originally this line was part of the Metropolitan Line when these changes took place and there was a through service. The District Line also provided a service on part of this line until 1905. A through service was provided via a link north of Shadwell. The link is still there today, but is now only used for servicing.
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Shadwell | Shadwell | 1884 (opened) |
| Shadwell & St George-in-the-East | 1900 | |
| Shadwell | 1918 | |
| Surrey Quays | Deptford Road | 1884 (opened) |
| Surrey Docks | 1911 | |
| Surrey Quays | 1989 | |
| New Cross Gate | New Cross | 1913 (opened) |
| New Cross Gate | 1923 |
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Dagenham East | Dagenham | 1902 (opened) |
| Dagenham East | 1949 | |
| Dagenham Heathway | Heathway | 1932 (opened) |
| Dagenham Heathway | 1949 | |
| West Ham | West Ham | 1902 (opened) |
| West Ham (Manor Road) | 1924 | |
| West Ham | 1969 | |
| Bromley-By-Bow | Bromley | 1902 (opened) |
| Bromley-By-Bow | 1967 | |
| Whitechapel | Whitechapel (Mile End) | 1884 (opened) |
| Whitechapel | 1901 | |
| Tower Hill | Tower of London | 1882 (opened) |
| 1984 closed - relocated to Mark Lane | ||
| Tower Hill | 1967 (station built on original site of Tower Hill) | |
| Monument | Eastcheap | 1884 for 3 weeks (opened) |
| The Monument | 1884 (prefix gradually dropped) | |
| Temple | The Temple | 1870 (prefix gradually dropped) |
| Embankment | Charing Cross | 1870 (opened) |
| Charing Cross Embankment | 1974 | |
| Embankment | 1976 | |
| Westminster | Westminster Bridge | 1868 (opened) |
| Westminster | 1907 | |
| Gloucester Road | Brompton (Gloucester Road) | 1869 (opened) |
| Gloucester Road | 1906 | |
| Kensington (Olympia) | Kensington | 1864 (served by Metropolitan Line trains) |
| Kensington (Addison Road) | 1868 | |
| 1940 Metropolitan Line service suspended | ||
| Kensington (Olympia) | 1946 (now served by District Line) | |
| High Street Kensington | Kensington (High Street) | 1871 (opened) |
| High Street Kensington | ~1880 | |
| Bayswater | Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove | 1926 (opened) |
| Bayswater (Queen's Road) | 1933 | |
| Bayswater (Queensway) | 1946 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| Paddington | Paddington (Praed Street) | 1926 (opened) |
| Paddington | 1948 | |
| Fulham Broadway | Walham Green | 1880 (opened) |
| Fulham Broadway | 1952 | |
| Putney Bridge | Putney Bridge & Fulham | 1880 (opened) |
| Putney Bridge & Hurlingham | 1902 | |
| Putney Bridge | 1932 | |
| West Kensington | North End (Fulham) | 1874 (opened) |
| West Kensington | 1877 | |
| Ravenscourt Park | Shaftsbury Road | 1877 (opened) |
| Ravenscourt Park | 1888 | |
| Chiswick Park | Acton Green | 1879 (opened) |
| Chiswick Park & Acton Green | 1887 | |
| Chiswick Park | 1910 | |
| Acton Town | Mill Hill Park | 1879 (opened) |
| Acton Town | 1910 | |
| Ealing Common | Ealing Common | 1879 (opened) |
| Ealing Common & West Acton | 1886 | |
| Ealing Common | 1910 |
The following stations were formerly served by the District line when the name changes took place but are now served only by the Piccadilly Line since District service ceased in 1964.
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| Boston Manor | Boston Road | 1883 (opened) |
| Boston Manor | 1911 | |
| Hounslow Central | Heston-Hounslow | 1886 (opened) |
| Hounslow Central | 1925 | |
| Hounslow West | Hounslow Barracks | 1884 (opened) |
| Hounslow West | 1925 |
and
The Hammersmith & City Line is included in this section as the line has only recently gained an identity of its own - and when all these name changes occurred on the line, it was run as part of the Metropolitan Line.
| Present name | Previous names | Year of name change |
| West Ham | West Ham (Manor Road) | 1936 (opened) |
| West Ham | 1969 | |
| Bromley-By-Bow | Bromley | 1936 (opened) |
| Bromley-By-Bow | 1967 | |
| Tower Hill | Tower of London | 1882 (opened) |
| 1984 closed - relocated to Mark Lane | ||
| Tower Hill | 1967 (station built on original site of Tower Hill) | |
| Moorgate | Moorgate Street | 1865 (opened) |
| Moorgate | 1924 | |
| Barbican | Aldersgate Street | 1865 (opened) |
| Aldersgate | 1910 | |
| Aldersgate & Barbican | 1923 | |
| Barbican | 1968 | |
| Kings Cross St Pancras | Kings Cross St. Pancras | Has always been known as this. The original Metropolitan Line station relocated in 1941 |
| Euston Square | Gower Street | 1863 (opened) |
| Euston Square | 1909 | |
| Great Portland Street | Portland Road | 1863 (opened) |
| Great Portland Street | 1917 | |
| Great Portland Street & Regent's Park | 1923 | |
| Great Portland Street | 1933 | |
| Paddington | Paddington (Bishop's Road) | 1863 (opened) |
| Paddington | 1933 | |
| Paddington | Paddington (Praed Street) | 1868 (opened) |
| Paddington | 1948 | |
| Bayswater | Bayswater | 1868 (opened) |
| Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove | 1923 | |
| Bayswater (Queen's Road) | 1933 | |
| Bayswater (Queensway) | 1946 (suffix gradually dropped) | |
| High Street Kensington | Kensington (High Street) | 1868 (opened) |
| High Street Kensington | ~1880 | |
| Ladbroke Grove | Notting Hill | 1864 (opened) |
| Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove | 1880 | |
| Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) | 1919 | |
| Ladbroke Grove | 1938 | |
| Finchley Road | Finchley Road | 1879 (opened) |
| Finchley Road (South Hampstead) | 1885 | |
| Finchley Road | ~1914 | |
| Northwick Park | Northwick Park & Kenton | 1923 (opened) |
| Northwick Park | 1937 | |
| Moor Park | Sandy Lodge | 1910 (opened) |
| Moor Park & Sandy Lodge | 1923 | |
| Moor Park | 1950 | |
| Croxley | Croxley Green | 1925 (opened) |
| Croxley | 1949 | |
| Chorleywood | Chorley Wood | 1889 (opened) |
| Chorley Wood & Chenies | 1915 | |
| Chorley Wood | ~1934 | |
| Chorleywood | ~1964 | |
| Chalfont & Latimer | Chalfont Road | 1889 (opened) |
| Chalfont & Latimer | 1915 | |
| Amersham | Amersham | 1892 (opened) |
| Amersham & Chesham Bois | 1922 | |
| Amersham | ~1934 |
Key to some phrases used
opened - the first time this station was serviced by this line.Note that in some cases, the station was already in service on another line.
~ - When this symbol is used, the exact year of change is unknown.
Research sources:
The London Underground - A Diagrammatic History (Seventh Edition), Douglas Rose (where you can get the exact dates of change, not just the year)
Clive's UndergrounD Guides
London's Transport Museum
See Links & References page for more details on these sources.
First Published: January 7th 2004
Last Updated: January 7th 2004
All material on this page is © 2004 Hywel Williams unless otherwise noted.
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