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		Barons Court Station, London, W14 9EA Local Pubs & Bars >>
Mon - Sat			First	Last
	To Richmond		0526	0059
	To Tower Hill		0509	0106
	To Arnos Grove		0534	0020
	To Northfields		0558	0046

Sun
	To Richmond		0643	0016
	To Tower Hill		0626	0011
	To Arnos Grove		0628	0001
	To Northfields		0718	2352

Extra Information:

Station Zone: 2
Car Park: No
Toilet: Yes (Female)

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Tuesday, 18 April 2006 / Saturday, 18 August 2007

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he tracks through Barons Court were first opened on 9 September 1874 when the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) opened an extension from Earl's Court to Hammersmith. When the line was constructed the area now known as Barons Court was open fields and market gardens to the west of the settlement of North End and there was no call for a station between West Kensington and Hammersmith. By the beginning of the 20th century; however, the area had been developed for housing and on 10 October 1905 the District Railway (DR) opened the station to serve these new developments and in preparation for the opening of the Great Northern Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line) then under construction.

The name Barons Court is possibly inspired by Earl's Court to the east and the association of the area in the early 19th century with the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806) and his English wife Elizabeth (the Margravine, the widow of the 6th Baron Craven). They had a home at Brandenburg House immediately to the west of the site of Charing Cross Hospital. The Margravine died in 1828 and is commemorated by a number of roads in the area (Margravine Road and Margravine Gardens) and the Margrave possibly by Barons Court Road although the approximate equivalent rank in the British peerage to Margrave is a Marquess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barons_Court_tube_station

December 28, 2007

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