The London Underground, which is over 160 years old, has a long and sometimes confusing history.
It’s seen many changes since the ‘Metropolitan Railway’ first opened between Paddington and Farringdon in 1863.
At the start of the 20th century, lots of new stations popped up, including one in North West London near Wembley.
Today, we know this station as Preston Road, a stop on the Metropolitan line between Northwick Park and Wembley Park.
But when it first opened in 1908, it had a much longer name – Preston Road Halt for Uxendon and Kenton.
Thankfully, this was later shortened to the simpler name we know today.
Other stations have also changed names over the years.
For example, Bank used to be called City. Euston Square was once Gower Street. Acton Town was known as Mill Hill Park. And Fulham Broadway was originally Walham Green.
Charing Cross was previously Trafalgar Square, which seems more fitting, while Marylebone was called Great Central, which was probably too vague.
The strangest name change has to be St Paul’s, which was originally called Post Office.
