Moor Park tube station explained

Symbol:underground
Moor Park
Manager:London Underground
Locale:Moor Park
Borough:District of Three Rivers
Platforms:4
Fare Zone:6
Fare Zone 1:7
Tubecode:ZMP -->
Coordinates:51.63°N -0.431°W
Map Type:Hertfordshire
Label Position:top
Years1:1 September 1887
Years2:9 May 1910
Years3:18 October 1923
Years4:2 November 1925
Years5:25 September 1950
Years6:1961[1]
Years8:1993
Events1:Metropolitan Railway's extension opened from Pinner, en route to Rickmansworth, passing through here
Events2:Opened as "Sandy Lodge"
Events3:Renamed "Moor Park and Sandy Lodge"
Events4:Goods yard closed[2]
Events5:Renamed "Moor Park"
Events6:Station rebuilt, given quadruple track
Events7:Suspension of Chiltern services
Tubeexits04:0.595
Tubeexits06:0.694
Tubeexits07: 0.735
Tubeexits08: 0.756
Tubeexits09: 0.77-->

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, between the Metropolitan line stations of Rickmansworth, 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  2. How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago. Underground News. March 2011. 591. 175–183. Brian. Hardy. London Underground Railway Society. 0306-8617.