Eastcote is a London Underground station in Eastcote in north London.
The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line,
between Rayners Lane and Ruislip Manor stations.
The station is located on Field End Road.
It is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between
Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially,
Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains,
but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains
began operating on 1 January 1905.
Eastcote opened on 26 May 1906 as Eastcote Halt.
The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to a design by Charles Holden which features
the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall capped with a flat reinforced concrete
roof and geometrical forms typical of the new stations built in this period.
The station is surrounded by the suburb of Eastcote; the original centre, now known as
Old Eastcote is some distance away.
The Cavendish Pavilion nearby was a popular destination for outings in the first part of the twentieth century.
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