Wood Lane (Central Line) Tube Station
Wood Lane tube station is a disused station on the Central Line of the London Underground. It was built to serve the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 and the 1908 Summer Olympics.
The location of the station was confined and its configuration was awkward, requiring alterations on a number of occasions to meet operational requirements.
A station of the same name is located on the Hammersmith & City line.
Read more about Wood Lane (Central Line) Tube Station: Wood Lane Depot, 1900, Wood Lane Station, 1908, Wood Lane Station, 1920, Closure, 1947, Demolition, 2003, Oddities, Television
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