Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels which were built by the Metropolitan District Railway and opened in stages between 1868 and 1871. The MDR was later bought by Charles Yerkes, forming part of the "Underground" group until it was nationalised in the 1930s. Table of contents 1 Stations 1.1 Richmond branch 1.2 Ealing branch 1.3 Wimbledon branch 1.4 Kensington (Olympia) branch 1.5 Edgware Road branch 2 Current service pattern 3 History 4 External Links Stations In order from west to east Richmond branch Richmond Kew Gardens Gunnersbury Ealing branch Ealing Broadway Ealing Common Acton Town Chiswick Park The Richmond and Ealing branches join just west of Turnham Green. Turnham Green Stamford Brook Ravenscourt Park Hammersmith Barons Court West Kensington Wimbledon branch Wimbledon Wimbledon Park Southfields East Putney Putney Bridge Parsons Green Fulham Broadway West Brompton The Wimbledon branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court. Earl's Court Gloucester Road South Kensington Sloane Square Victoria St James's Park Westminster Embankment Temple Blackfriars Mansion House Cannon Street Monument Tower Hill Aldgate East Whitechapel Stepney Green Mile End Bow Road Bromley-by-Bow West Ham Plaistow Upton Park East Ham Barking Upney Becontree Dagenham Heathway Dagenham East Elm Park Hornchurch Upminster Bridge Upminster Kensington (Olympia) branch Kensington (Olympia) The Kensington (Olympia) branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court, though trains from it normally run on to the Edgware Road branch. Edgware Road branch The Edgware Road branch diverges from the main line east of Earl's Court. High Street Kensington Notting Hill Gate Bayswater Paddington Edgware Road Current service pattern The following off-peak service pattern currently runs on the District line 6tph Ealing Broadway - Tower Hill 6tph Richmond - Upminster 6tph Wimbledon - Upminster 6tph Wimbledon - Edgware Road 4tph Kensington (Olympia) - High Street Kensington (tph=trains per hour) History The District Line has a long history. At one point it had additional branches to Uxbridge and Hounslow West but both are now operated by the Picadilly Line. More coming soon. External Links http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/district.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.