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The 2 London Underground stations so close together you'll wonder why they both exist

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Vincent
Published date06 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Some of them are crammed in so close together it makes you wonder why they co-exist. Leicester Square and Covent Garden, for example, seem to both be on the map so tourists don't get confused. Do Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge really both need stations

The same goes for Bayswater and Queensway, which are quite literally on the same road, which shares a name with the latter station.

Bayswater was there first, opened by the Metropolitan Railway back in 1868, only five years after the Tube first got up and running. Queensway came much later, at the turn of the 20th Century.

Even TfL recommends you make the five or so minute walk down the road between the stations rather than hopping on a train. This may be because it's weirdly a faff to use the Tube to get between them.

To get from Queensway to Bayswater, you'd have to catch the Central line one stop to Notting Hill Gate, where you'd have to change to the Circle or District line and ride it one stop to Bayswater.

These aren't the only stations this applies to. Hammersmith is technically...

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