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=== Previously served stations === Now served by the Piccadilly line, the Hounslow branch opened to the now closed [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] on 1 May 1883 and was extended on a separate route to [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] on 21 July 1884. The District line served the present Piccadilly line stations between Acton Town and Hounslow West as well as the former station of [[Osterley & Spring Grove tube station|Osterley & Spring Grove]] (closed 1934) until District line services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964. From 13 June 1905 until 28 February 1959, the District line ran a one-stop shuttle between Acton Town and [[South Acton railway station (England)|South Acton]].{{sfn|Rose|2007}} Also now served by the Piccadilly line, the [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] branch opened from north of Ealing Common on 28 June 1903 and extended over Metropolitan Railway tracks to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] on 1 March 1910. The District line served the present Piccadilly line stations between [[North Ealing]] and South Harrow until 4 July 1932 and the stations between [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] and Uxbridge until 25 October 1933. The District Railway also served the now closed [[Park Royal & Twyford Abbey tube station|Park Royal & Twyford Abbey]] until its replacement by [[Park Royal tube station|Park Royal]] on 6 July 1931.{{sfn|Rose|2007}} Between 1 March 1883 and 30 September 1885, the District Railway provided a service to Windsor, serving: West Ealing, Hanwell, Southall, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Langley, Slough, and Windsor.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|Day|Reed|2010|p=26}} From 1910 to 1939, the District line's eastbound service ran as far as [[Southend-on-Sea]] and [[Shoeburyness]].{{sfn|Day|Reed|2010|p=66}} Currently part of the [[East London line]], the District Railway branched away from the main line west of Whitechapel and served stations between Shadwell and New Cross from 1 October 1884 until 31 July 1905.{{sfn|Rose|2007}} Between Whitechapel and Aldgate East, the District line served [[St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) tube station|St. Mary's (Whitechapel Road)]] from 1 October 1884 to 30 April 1938, closing when Aldgate East station moved.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}{{sfn|Horne|2006|pp=25, 68}} From 25 September 1882 until its closure on 12 October 1884, [[Tower of London tube station|Tower of London]] station was served by the District Railway.{{sfn|Rose|2007}}
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