Uxbridge branch

After branching away from the main line the line stops at West Harrow, a peculiar little station next to an allotment. It has a shed-like appearance and it's building on street level looks more like a small town hall than a station. from there the line enters a junction with the Piccadilly line just before Rayners lane after which the two tracks widen to allow a siding in the middle. This is used to turn around the vast majority of Piccadilly line train with only a few continuing to Uxbridge. Despite this the Piccadilly line is shown in full rather than limited on the tube map. After Rayners Lane the line calls at Eastcote, Ruislip Manor, Ruislip After going under the Chiltern Main Line and Central line the line passes Ruislip depot. This is primarily a Central line depot however there is a link in place to the Met line. It's worth travelling on the Central line between West Ruislip and Ruislip Gardens as, when heading southbound you can look out of the right hand side and see some old Tube stock parked at the depot such as a 1960 stock train. Interestingly it is also where several 1938 stock units were prepared for sale to British Rail to use on the Island Line on the Isle of Whight.

Trains then call at Ickenham before reaching Hillingdon after crossing the A40, The dual carriageway being the reason for the station's reconstruction in 1992. It is a very modern looking station in fact it looks rather like an American or Australian type subway station with its elevated platforms and glass roof. It has won multiple awards for this design. The line terminates at a 3 or 4 platform station in the bustling town of Uxbridge. I say 3 or 4 because it has two island platforms with two tracks on the outside but only one track in between this means that the centre track has a platform on either side however the platforms at numbered separately.  Uxbridge was originally one of three stations serving the town, one branching of the Great Western mainline out of Paddington and terminated at Uxbridge Vine Street which closed in 1964. The other branched of the today Chiltern mainline out of Marylebone terminating at Uxbridge High street which closed the same year. The Great Western planned to link their line to the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway to create a link to Watford Junction.  We will talk about this railway in more detail later on.