Commuter Cache: Eastcote Traditional Cache
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You have sidetracked for your national railway journey, now there is a series for those who commute using the underground. A quick cache and dash that can be done on the underground.
The cache it's self is across the very busy Field End Road (please be careful while crossing, especially if you have mini cachers) and can be reached by using the stairs behind the bus stop or stair free access is available by walking down the hill a little or by entering the alleyway on Colombia Avenue. Beware, this route is regally used by commuting muggles.
The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line, between Rayners Lane and Ruislip Manor stations. The station is located on Field End Road. It is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905.
Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Eastcote opened on 26 May 1906 as Eastcote Halt.
On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District Line from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane was opened enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains. The station was rebuilt between 1937 and 1939[4] to a design by Charles Holden which features the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall capped with a flat reinforced concrete roof and geometrical forms typical of the new stations built in this period.
Info taken from Wikipedia
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