Royal Oak tube station

Royal Oak
Royal Oak Location of Royal Oak in Central London
Location	Westbourne Green
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018	2.39 million[1]
2019	2.61 million[2]
2020	1.25 million[3]
2021	1.19 million[4]
2022	1.98 million[5]
Key dates
1871	Opened (GWR & H&C)
1934	Ended (GWR)
1970	Transferred to London Transport
2009	Started (Circle line)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°31′09″N 0°11′17″W / 51.519167°N 0.188056°W / 51.519167; -0.188056
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Royal Oak is a station of the London Underground, on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between Westbourne Park and Paddington stations.^[6] The station is on Lord Hill's Bridge and is in Travelcard Zone 2 for the London Underground. Although not heavily used at other times, the station is extremely busy during the annual Notting Hill Carnival. There is no wheelchair access to the platform. It is classed as a "local station" in Transport for London's "Fit for the Future" development outline.^[7]

The station opened on 30 October 1871,^[8] although the Metropolitan Railway extension to Hammersmith had opened in 1864. It is close to the elevated Westway section of the A40 road. The station is named after a nearby public house, "The Royal Oak"^[9] (later "The Railway Tap" and now "The Porchester"). There was a small newsagents kiosk next to the ticket office from the 1950s to 1986, when it was closed to make room for ticketing machines needed for the Underground Ticketing System (UTS).^[10]