The history of Hounslow East Tube station will be celebrated next week to mark its 100th birthday.

The station, in Stirling Grove, is still going strong after surviving two world wars and undergoing several building works.

It was originally called Hounslow Town when it was opened on May 2, 1909, by the Metropolitan District Railway. It was part of the District line that took passengers from Acton Town, which was then called Mill Hill Park, to Hounslow barracks.

It became part of the Piccadilly line in 1933, and the District line stopped running through the station from October 1964. It now transports up to 12,000 people a day, providing an essential link between south-west London to the centre and and north of the city.

Station manager Jim Nicholson said: “It is amazing to think this station has been open for 100 years. When you think of the changes that have occurred in this past century alone, then this station has seen and experienced more than many of us ever will in our lifetime.”

Phil O’Hare, general manager of the Piccadilly line, added: “The station is a gateway to Hounslow and a lifeline, connecting it to the rest of London.”

London Underground will spend millions of pounds upgrading the Tube network as part of the biggest investment programme in its history.

Hounslow East is one of about 30 stations on the Picadilly line to have benefitted from modernisation.

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