Editing Uxbridge (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Uxbridge tube station - Ewan-M.jpg|thumb|Frontage of Uxbridge tube station]]
[[Uxbridge tube station]] is the western terminus of branches of the [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan]] and [[Piccadilly line|Piccadilly]] lines of the [[London Underground]]. The station, built in 1933, is fronted by a pedestrian high street and is connected to a bus terminus with connections to Hillingdon, Hayes, Ealing, Ruislip, and Slough. Uxbridge Belmont Road was the first underground station, built slightly outside the town centre to allow for a possible extension to [[High Wycombe]]. This was subsequently replaced by the current station.<ref>Pearce 2009, p. 51.</ref>

There were two [[Great Western Railway]] branch lines to Uxbridge with terminus stations at [[Uxbridge Vine Street railway station|Uxbridge Vine Street]] (originally just Uxbridge Station) and [[Uxbridge High Street railway station|Uxbridge High Street]]. The two railway lines were planned to be joined, with a new Uxbridge station to be built on the west side of the town replacing the existing station at Vine Street which had been opened in 1856.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Catford |first1=Nick |title=Uxbridge High Street |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/u/uxbridge_high_street/ |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> Work on the new branch line from the north at [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]] started in 1900. However with the Metropolitan Railway being extended into Uxbridge Belmont Road station in 1904 it was decided to temporarily terminate the line at a bridge over Uxbridge High Street. The extension through Uxbridge to join the lines was never completed.<ref>Cotton 1994, p. 102.</ref> Uxbridge High Street station opened on 1 May 1907 but had low passenger numbers and closed on 1 September 1939 as a [[war economy]] and never reopened. By the 1960s the Uxbridge Vine Street branch line to [[West Drayton station]] was being affected by competition on London services from the town's faster Underground lines. Passenger services were stopped on 10 September 1962. Goods traffic ceased two years later.<ref name="Disused stations">{{cite web |last1=Catford |first1=Nick |title=Uxbridge Vine Street |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/u/uxbridge_vine_street/ |website=www.disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> Uxbridge Vine Street station was demolished in 1969.

The [[B roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|B483]] road connects the centre of Uxbridge with the Swakeleys Roundabout junction of the [[A40 road in London|A40]]. Uxbridge is also connected by major roads to Slough, [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]], Ickenham, Cowley, [[Iver Heath]], Hillingdon Heath and Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=505518&y=184391&z=120&sv=UXBRIDGE&st=3&tl=Map+of+Uxbridge,+Greater+London+%5BTown%5D&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf |title=Map of Uxbridge, Greater London |year=2013 |work=Ordnance Survey |publisher=Streetmap |access-date=5 May 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
[[File:Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge - geograph.org.uk - 317504.jpg|thumb|left|The Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge was opened in 1794.]]
The [[Grand Union Canal]], formerly the [[Grand Junction Canal]], connects London with [[Birmingham]] and passes immediately to the west of Uxbridge, forming part of the borough boundary. The first stretch was built in the late 18th century from [[Brentford]] to Uxbridge. Further upstream is Uxbridge Lock, and nearby is a derelict flour mill formerly owned by Allied Mills. The mill was bought in the 19th century by William King, who named it "Kingsmill".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/u/uxbridge_lock_conservation_january_2008.pdf |title=Uxbridge Lock Conservation Area Character Appraisal |date=January 2008 |publisher=South Bucks District Council |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830075247/http://www.southbucks.gov.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/u/uxbridge_lock_conservation_january_2008.pdf |url-status=dead }}.</ref> Kingsmill continues to be used as a brand of bread by [[Associated British Foods]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abf.co.uk/about_us/our_group/overview?#section_af3d1119e5a94196bd11c2cf21192430 |title=Overview |year=2013 |publisher=Associated British Foods |access-date=31 March 2013}}.</ref>

[[London Buses]] routes 222, [[London Buses route 331|331]], [[London Buses route 427|427]], [[London Buses route 607|607]], [[London Buses route A10|A10]], U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, U7, U9, U10 and N207 serve the area,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/uxbridge.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812223402/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/uxbridge.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-12 |url-status=live |title=Buses from Uxbridge |date=24 July 2012 |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> alongside 8 non-[[Transport for London]] (TfL) routes: [[First Berkshire & The Thames Valley]] route 3,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/berkshire_thames/journey_planning/route58/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101221112329/http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/berkshire_thames/journey_planning/route58/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2010 |title=Route 58 |year=2012 |publisher=FirstGroup |access-date=11 September 2012 }}.</ref> [[Green Line route 724]] and [[Carousel Buses]] routes 101, 102, 104, 105, 581 & 583.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenline.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=12531 |title=724 – Harlow – Ware – Hertford – Welwyn Garden City – Hatfield – St Albans – Watford – Uxbridge – Heathrow Airport |year=2012 |publisher=Green Line |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919212707/http://greenline.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=12531 |archive-date=19 September 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/A30_A40_740.htm |title=A30/A40/740 timetable |year=2012 |publisher=London Bus Routes |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-date=3 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903110157/http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/A30_A40_740.htm |url-status=dead }}.</ref>

The proposed [[West London Tram]] was postponed indefinitely by TfL in August 2007 after it was announced that the [[Crossrail]] project would be going ahead. TfL cited "an effective bus-based solution" as an alternative, delivered in conjunction with local councils.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/3223.aspx |title=West London Tram |year=2007 |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=23 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208095703/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/3223.aspx |archive-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> Since 2013 the route has been served by the 427, 207, and 607 bus services.