multi-storey car park. The centre point of the platforms was approximately opposite the largest of the BBC satellite dishes to the west of the line. As part of the plans for the redevelopment of White City, a new Wood Lane station was built on the Hammersmith & City line. Opened on 12 October 2008, it is on the east side of Wood Lane about north-east of the former Metropolitan line station. Latimer Road & Acton Railway The Latimer Road & Acton Railway (LR&AR), a nominally independent company, proposed a line linking the Hammersmith & City Railway at Wood Lane with the Great Western Railway east of their Acton station. The H&CR initially insisted that the LR&AR built a separate exchange station at Wood Lane, rather than using the existing platforms. The GWR wanted the LR&AR to also build a separate Acton station, and a house was demolished at Friar's Place for this. The railway was authorised by act in 1882, but between 1885 and 1893 four acts for extensions of time were needed, as the LR&A Company could not reach agreement with the Great Western and the Metropolitan for joint-working of the line. When this was finally achieved (confirmed by act in 1895), capital could not be raised. The line was abandoned by act in 1900, after only small parts had been built, including an iron bridge (later demolished) over the North & South Western Junction Railway near the current Westway road bridge. The later Ealing & Shepherd's Bush Railway followed a similar route to the proposed LR&AR line, the Metropolitan ironically promoting a bill in 1912 to connect the Hammersmith & City to this line, which failed on opposition from the Great Western, the Central London Railway, and the District Railway. References External links Wood Lane station, circa 1910 Disused London Underground stations Former Hammersmith and City Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1914 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 Shepherd's Bush 1908 establishments in England ru:Вуд-лэйн (станция метро)