Editing Notting Hill (section)

==Transport==
Along with the majority of west and northwest London, Notting Hill is heavily served by the [[London Underground]]. Five lines serve the area, two deep level tubes, the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]] and [[Bakerloo line]]s, with three sub-surface lines, the [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]], [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]] and [[District line]]s. Firstly, the Central line crosses the area on an east–west axis, with stations at [[Notting Hill Gate tube station|Notting Hill Gate]], which also provides an interchange with the Circle (main section) and District lines (Edgware road branch), and [[Holland Park tube station|Holland Park]] to the west. The northern half of Notting Hill, comprising various sub districts such as Kensal Green, Ladbroke Grove and [[North Kensington]] is served by the western branch of the Circle line, as it shares tracks with the [[Hammersmith & City line]] west of Paddington. These lines run through Notting Hill predominantly on a viaduct, calling at [[Westbourne Park tube station|Westbourne Park]], [[Ladbroke Grove tube station|Ladbroke Grove]] and [[Latimer Road tube station|Latimer Road]] respectively, before reaching Shepherds Bush to the west. The Bakerloo line skirts the North East corner running from [[Warwick Avenue tube station|Warwick Avenue station]] to [[Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)|Paddington]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/Royal+Oak/@51.5180178,-0.1878353,15z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x48761aa8dd5c66a3:0xea634a2c3c215afa!2sWarwick+Avenue!8m2!3d51.5232546!4d-0.1838447!3m4!1s0x48761000a35e1da9:0x4e3d3c94da9393df!8m2!3d51.5191396!4d-0.1886529!5m1!1e2|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Google Maps|language=en}}</ref>

===Crossrail Station===
At a site just to the east of the Old Oak Common site, [[Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council|Kensington & Chelsea Council]] has been pushing for a station at [[Kensal Green]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/newsroom/councilstatements/crossrailstation.aspx |title= The case for Kensal crossrail |publisher= Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |date= n.d. |access-date= 26 June 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110515030212/http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/newsroom/councilstatements/crossrailstation.aspx |archive-date= 15 May 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref> off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Green, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area.<ref>{{Cite press release |url= http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/pressrelease/pressreleasePage.aspx?id=3387 |title= Case for a Crossrail station gains momentum |date=1 July 2010 |publisher= Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/study-to-explore-adding-crossrail-station-at-kensal-rise/5004540.article |title= Study to explore adding Crossrail station at Kensal Green |date =24 August 2010 |work=Building Design |first= Ruth |last= Bloomfield |location= London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2010/08/crossrail-at-kensal-rise-back-on-cards.html |title=Crossrail at Kensal Rise back on the cards? |publisher=London Reconnections (blog) |date= 27 August 2010}}</ref> Among the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and the then-Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] stated that a station would be added if it did not increase [[Crossrail]]'s overall cost; in response, Kensington & Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33{{nbsp}}million cost of a Crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the Borough.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935561-council-to-pay-for-crossrail-station.do |title= Council to pay for Crossrail station |work= London Evening Standard |date= 25 March 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120913115649/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935561-council-to-pay-for-crossrail-station.do |archive-date= 13 September 2012 |access-date= 18 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2011, [[Transport for London]] conducted a feasibility study on the station with the project backed by [[National Grid plc|National Grid]], retailers [[Sainsbury's]] and [[Cath Kidston Limited]], and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly).<ref>[http://www.regen.net/Transport/article/1070093/kensal-crossrail-station-transform-area-says-deputy-mayor/ "Kensal Crossrail station would 'transform' the area, says deputy mayor"], Regeneration + Renewal, 16 May 2011.</ref>