Hillingdon tube station
Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line · Zone 6 · Hillingdon
About Hillingdon station
Development in north Middlesex after the Metropolitan Railway’s Uxbridge line opened in 1904 brought extra stations, and Hillingdon was the last of them, opening on 10 December 1923 with Metropolitan and District services. The Piccadilly line replaced the District on 23 October 1933. From 1934 the station was called Hillingdon (Swakeleys); the suffix was gradually dropped, though it still appears on the platform roundels. The goods yard closed in August 1964.
The original building was demolished so the A40 Western Avenue could be widened at Hillingdon Circus, and its replacement opened to the south on 6 December 1992, making it the most recently constructed station on the Metropolitan line. Architects Cassidy Taggart Partnership gave it a deconstructivist design that won the 1994 Underground Station of the Year award and a 1996 Civic Trust Award, and in July 2011 it became one of the London Borough of Hillingdon’s locally listed buildings. The ticket office closed in July 2015, and in May 2016 next-train indicators were installed while the glass canopy was cleaned.
First and last trains from Hillingdon
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan towards Uxbridge | 05:57 – 01:21 | 05:57 – 01:21 | 05:57 – 01:21 | 07:19 – 00:55 |
| Metropolitan towards Aldgate, Baker Street or Harrow-on-the-Hill | 05:14 – 00:37 to Wembley Park | 05:14 – 00:37 to Wembley Park | 05:14 – 00:37 to Wembley Park | 06:39 – 00:17 to Wembley Park |
| Piccadilly towards Uxbridge | 06:13 – 01:30 | 06:13 – 01:30 | 08:26 – 01:30 | 08:27 – 00:35 |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, South Harrow or Wood Green | 05:23 to Wood Green – 00:28 to South Harrow | 05:23 to Wood Green – 00:28 to South Harrow | 05:20 to Acton Town – 00:28 to South Harrow | 06:47 to Acton Town – 23:58 to South Harrow |
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 10 Metropolitan trains an hour per direction and 4 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Hillingdon, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Hillingdon
Running times between Hillingdon and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan | Ickenham | 1.6 min |
| Metropolitan | Uxbridge | 4.1 min |
| Piccadilly | Ickenham | 1.7 min |
| Piccadilly | Uxbridge | 4.1 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line.
Station facilities
What is near Hillingdon station
Hillingdon serves North Hillingdon, near Hillingdon Circus on the A40 (Western Avenue), and has its own car park. It sits between Uxbridge and Ickenham on the Uxbridge branches of both lines. The present building, opened in 1992, stands just south of where the original station was. London bus routes 278 and U2 stop here, as does the Oxford Tube coach. The station can be used without stairs or escalators.