Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines) tube station
District line and Piccadilly line · Zone 2 · Hammersmith and Fulham
About Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines) station
The District Railway opened this station on 9 September 1874 as the western terminus of its extension from Earl’s Court. It became a through station in 1877, when the line was pushed west to meet the London and South Western Railway at Ravenscourt Park, and on 15 December 1906 the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, today’s Piccadilly line, opened with Hammersmith as its own western terminus. The Piccadilly’s extension further west from 4 July 1932 meant rebuilding at track level to give four platforms, behind a station building on Hammersmith Broadway designed by Harry W Ford, while Charles Holden added a secondary entrance on Queen Caroline Street.
In the early 1990s the buildings were demolished along with the neighbouring bus garage and absorbed into a shopping centre and bus interchange, leaving the station in a cutting below Hammersmith bus station. The designers, Minale Tattersfield, salvaged tiles from Ford’s façade showing the station name and lines, and they now frame a mosaic of Hammersmith Bridge in the north ticket hall. On 17 October 2003 a Piccadilly line train derailed in a tunnel just outside the station; nobody was hurt, and investigators traced the cause to a broken rail.
First and last trains from Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines)
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District towards Ealing Broadway or Richmond | 05:26 to Richmond – 01:01 | 05:26 to Richmond – 01:01 | 05:26 – 01:01 to Gunnersbury | 06:44 to Gunnersbury – 00:21 to Gunnersbury |
| District towards Upminster, Barking or Tower Hill | 05:07 – 01:06 to High Street Kensington | 05:07 – 01:06 to High Street Kensington | 05:07 – 01:06 to High Street Kensington | 06:23 to Earl's Court – 00:10 to High Street Kensington |
| Piccadilly towards Heathrow Terminal 5, Northfields or Heathrow Terminal 4 | 05:28 – 00:49 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 05:28 – 01:13 to Northfields | 24 hours | all night – 23:54 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, Arnos Grove or Oakwood | 05:34 – 00:17 | 05:34 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:00 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 18 District trains an hour per direction and 25 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines), counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines)
Running times between Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines) and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| District | Barons Court | 1.8 min |
| District | Ravenscourt Park | 2.2 min |
| Piccadilly | Barons Court | 2 min |
| Piccadilly | Turnham Green | 4.6 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the District line and Piccadilly line.
- Buses: 9, 27, 72, 110, 190, 209, 211, 218, 220, 267, 295, 306, H91 (night buses N11, N266, N27, N33, N72, N9, N97).
Station facilities
What is near Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines) station
Hammersmith’s centre sits directly on top of this station: the Broadway Shopping Centre and the upper bus station are both about 20 m away, the lower bus station about 60 m and Bradmore House about 80 m. The Eventim Apollo is about 190 m off, Saint Paul’s Green and the Thursday and Friday markets about 180 m, the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre about 210 m, and the Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre about 280 m. The Circle and Hammersmith & City line station is a separate stop across Hammersmith Broadway.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Hammersmith Upper Bus Station | 20 m |
| Hammersmith Lower Bus Station | 60 m |
| Bradmore House | 80 m |
| Eventim Apollo | 190 m |
| Lyric Hammersmith Theatre | 210 m |
| Hammersmith Library | 260 m |
| Livat Hammersmith | 300 m |
| Broadway Shopping Centre | 20 m |