Unions claim cuts will turn the underground into a "criminal paradise"
New ticket office opening hours are to come into effect from Sunday February 6 despite the ongoing row between Tube bosses and workers over job cuts.
The reduction in hours means that across Hammersmith and Fulham, a total of 539 hours will be lost, with Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park, Parsons Green, Putney Bridge and Goldhawk Road among the worst affected.
London Underground say staff will be deployed to areas of stations where passengers "most value their help and reassurance" and insist the changes are needed to "take into account the success of the Oyster card".
Tube unions claimed that the reduction in hours that ticket offices are manned will turn the underground into a "criminal paradise".
The table below shows details research undertaken by Liberal Democrats into how ticket office closures will affect local tube stations in Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow.
| Borough | Station | Hours lost Mon - Fri per day |
Hours lost Weekends |
Total Hours lost per week |
Total hours lost per borough per week |
| Ealing | Acton Town | 3 hours |
11 hours 45 mins |
26 hours 15 mins |
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| Chiswick Park | 10 hours 15 mins |
16 hours 30 mins |
67 hours 45 mins |
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| Ealing Common | 10 hours 30 mins |
18 hours |
70 hours 30 mins |
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| North Acton | 6 hours 30 mins |
8 hours |
40 hours 30 mins |
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| North Ealing | 30 mins |
0 (closed) |
2 hours 30 mins |
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| Northfields | 11 hours 30 mins |
19 hours 15 mins |
76 hours 45 mins |
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| South Ealing | 9 hours 30 mins |
17 hours 30 mins |
65 hours |
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| West Acton | 4 hours |
9 hours |
29 hours |
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512 hours 30 mins |
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| Hammersmith and Fulham | Barons Court | 3 hours 45 mins |
13 hours |
31 hours 45 mins |
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| East Acton | 8 hours 45 mins |
11 hours 45 mins |
55 hours 30 mins |
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| Fulham Broadway | 3 hours |
7 hours |
19 hours |
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| Goldhawk Road | 1 hour 30 mins |
3 hours 30 mins |
42 hours 30 mins |
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| Hammersmith | 9 hours 30 mins |
21 hours 30 mins |
69 hours |
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| Parsons Green | 6 hours 15 mins |
17 hours |
48 hours 15 mins |
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| Putney Bridge | 7 hours 45 mins |
7 hours 30 mins |
46 hours 15 mins |
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| Ravenscourt | 10 hours 45 mins |
16 hours 30 mins |
70 hours 15 mins |
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| Shepherd's Bush | 1 hour 15 mins |
6 hours 15 mins |
12 hours 30 mins |
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| Shepherd's Bush Market | 10 hours |
8 hours 45 mins |
58 hours 45 mins |
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539 hours |
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| Hounslow | Osterley | 7 hours 15 mins |
12 hours |
48 hours 15 mins |
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| Stamford Brook | 9 hours 15 mins |
20 hours 30 mins |
66 hours 45 mins |
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| Turnham Green | 3 hours 30 mins |
9 hours 45 mins |
27 hours 15 mins |
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218 hours |
January 28, 2011
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