This station looks a lot like the stations at the other end of the Picadilly Line, not that the…read morePicadilly line stops here - rather it goes express through here while the District Line stops. Honestly, that does work well, sort of, considering that you can't jump off the District line to catch the Picadilly line. Anyway, it's a pretty cool stations, especially since it has the same charm of the stations at the other end, with the huge circular ticket hall.

This is the most pleasant bus ride I've had in a long long time. Making it's way from Richmond High…read moreStreet, through Barnes Bridge, along the river and ultimately over Hammersmith Bridge to Hammersmith Bus Station, I couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. It was a lovely sunny day, a little after 6, and it wasn't crowded nor bumpy. There was a point we cut through neighbourhoods, and it operated on a sort of get-off-where-you-like system. I saw so many cute little areas with pubs and shops I'm dying to visit now!

This bus travels through some adorable parts of SW London, crossing the Thames on the Hammersmith…read moreBridge, through Mortlake and on to Richmond. Now I know it is a bus transporting the general public, but if it could possibly be re-routed to take in Barnes Village with it's little shops and lake in the green it would be perrrrfect!

Well, it does have it's own labyrinth, so I guess technically it is a separate station. Also, you…read morehave to touch out if you are crossing from the station across the road, though you sort of have to do that in other stations where you are going from one type of transit to the other (and it probably depends on who actually runs the service). Anyway, the station isn't too bad, and they do happen to have trains coming through here regular, as they do. Mind you, I suspect that the separate stations no doubt go back to the days of privatised rail.

When we're visiting London, we like to travel the Piccadilly Line. This is one of the better…read morestations servicing that line. Above the platform, just below the streets is a secret world filled with eateries and places to grab a drink. A convenience store sits right outside the turnstile. Even though we didn't see a rubbish bin anywhere, the station was rather clean.

This one is almost identical to Shepherd's Bush Market, which sort of suggests that not only was it…read morebuilt at the same time, but that it is also another infill station. Mind you, one doesn't really catch the tube for express trains, especially in inner-London - that's not quite what the tube is actually for. Still, it is a pretty boring station, though I'm sure the people that live around here like it.

Located in Travelcard Zone 2, Goldhawk Road Tube station has been here for nearly a hundred years…read morewith only a few updates. It's the penultimate station on the Hammersmith & City line, between Hammersmith and Shepherd's Bush Market. The station has ticket barricades and Oyster readers as well as a staffed ticket office. Directly across the street from the station is the southern entrance to famous Shepherd's Bush Market.

This is probably one of those stations that started off as a mainline station, or it could have…read morebeen an infill station for the tube, but to be honest I am nowhere near a tube expert like some people on the internet are. Anyway, yeah, this station had quite a bit of charm, and even had a secondhand bookshop attached to it, which I thought was cool. Oh, I believe you get off here to go to the botanic gardens.

This is the attractive main station for visitors to Kew Gardens, as well as serving the well-to-do…read moresuburbs of Kew itself, and the Public Records Centre 10 minutes' walk away. It is served by both the Richmond branch of the District Line and the North London Line, both of which are now under the control of London Transport. The line wasn't originally part of the underground at all, but built by the London and South Western Railway as a branch to Richmond from the West London line near Kensington Olympia in 1869. A connection at Gunnersbury also enabled access from the North London Line, a service which survives today. These services were joined by those of the Metropolitan District Railway (the forerunner of the District Line) in 1877 as an extension of its service from Hammersmith. Other services were run on the line by the Great Western Railway and the Metropolitan Railway, but by the end of the First World War the only services left were those still operating today. As a result, the station still looks like a suburban main line station, with traditional canopies and awnings, and attractive brick buildings in a domestic Italianate style. Part of the main building on the north (Kew Gardens) side is now part of the Railway Pub, and the forecourt has become a sort of mini district shopping centre. The station has a small newsagents which also sells confectionery. Worth a look also is the concrete arched bridge which carries a footpath over the station: this white-painted structure was an early example of reinforced concrete and dates from 1912 - it is actually a listed structure (Grade II) in its own right. It was built using the Hennebique system, after the French engineer François Hennebique. Today the station is equally busy at weekends thanks to the presence of the gardens nearby. It is used by some 3 million passengers a year. Destinations on the District Line include Upminster via Hammersmith, Victoria and the City, and Richmond; and Stratford in East London via Willesden Junction and Camden.

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Well, this station is somewhat bigger that the previous couple, though I can't really say why…read more Basically this section of the tube is elevated (meaning that it isn't actually underground). The platforms aren't all that bad - they have decent shelter, but that is probably because it is London, and it does drizzle a lot.

Philosophical question: how do you give a small, open space a star rating? Ok, I'll try anyway:…read more Uses: Dog walkers (Chiswick residents always pick up their dog mess ;), a fairground and circus in the summer months (complete with protester), the Chiswick Literary Festival (complete with Richard Briars from 'The Good Life' reading, no broken glass, near a tube line, lots of people sitting, playing and generally having a good time when it's hot, decent shops nearby and ermlots of grass and conkers in the autumn months. Bad points: ermit's relatively small, no boating lake and buses drive past the side. That's about it really. I've given it 4 stars - 2 from me and 2 from my dog, who really likes it! 'Nuff said.

If you come here on a weekday and are expecting to catch an underground train you will be waiting a…read morevery, very long time. It basically only runs on weekends and special days. However, the overground does pass through here, though not as often. Of course, it is a pain when there is a breakdown, but hey, that's one of the issues with rail transport (but then again, the same thing happens on roads).

Currently one of the terminus stations on the District Line though it will soon only be open for…read moreweekends and special events, it is also a stop on the Overground. The station opened in 1844. It is located in Travelcard Zone 2. There are no ticket barricades, but there are ticket vending machines and Oyster readers. There is also an indoor waiting area for the Overground trains. The platform is at street level, so there is step-free access (if you are on the correct side of the tracks). The station is quite simple and plain, with a pedestrian overpass to get from the District line platform to the Overground platform. There is also a decent sized Boris bike stand to the east. During my first visit to London in 2008, this was my first tube station (other than Heathrow) as I was staying at the nearby Hilton.

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