| Summary : In 1908 the Franco-British Exhibition was established on ground at Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush. The Central London Railway opened a station on Wood Lane to the designs of Harry Bell Measures on the opening day of the exhibition (14th May). This station occupied an awkward location on a loop and by 1920 had four platforms and a triangular arrangement which prevented them being extended to accommodate longer trains. Eventually it was decided that this arrangement was too cumbersome and a new station, White City, was built further north on Wood Lane (see TQ 28 SW 66). When White City opened on 23 November 1947 Wood Lane closed the same day. Today, the original Wood Lane station building still exists in a derelict and vandalised state along with the platforms. However, the site is scheduled for demolition to make way for a new shopping and leisure complex. |