Wood Lane Tube Station
Wood Lane is a London Underground station, located in the White City area of west London, United Kingdom. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines, between Latimer Road and Shepherd's Bush Market stations. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 2.
Although it is on a line which has been in operation since 1864, the station itself is new, having opened in 2008. It is situated near the site of a station of the same name on this line which closed in 1959.
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