Hounslow East

Hounslow East serves the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line. One of 3 tube stations in Hounslow, I find that this one is most convenient for the high street.
It has been revamped pretty recently so it’s quite nice really as a station. It’s a pretty small station but it’s not overly crowded so it’s the right size really.
Hounslow East is the nearest station to the restaurants like Pizza Express and Nandos in Hounslow. It is also very close to Hounslow Bus Garage which is very convenient as there are several bus routes which come by here. The bus stop right outside serves the 111 and H28.
Quite a nice tube station

Serving the busy shopping area of Hounslow High Street 5 minutes’ walk to the south, Hounslow East has some of the newest buildings on the Underground.
The station was originally opened in 1909 as Hounslow Town, to replace a terminus station of the same name situated further south, although the line itself had been opened in 1884 to Hounslow West. The station was renamed Hounslow East in 1925.
The original 1909 buildings were cramped, with a small ticket office on the north side and long staircases to the platforms, and provided particularly poor access to the westbound side. In 2001 construction started on a new station on the south side, with a spacious ticket hall and lifts as well as wide new staircases to both platforms. The eastbound platform has a canopy along most of its length. A key feature is the extensive use of glass walls and the pale green sloping roof above the ticket hall. The station was completed in 2005 and its reconstruction won the HSBC Rail Business Awards ‘Station Excellence of the Year’ Award.
Used by nearly 4 million passengers a year, the station is served by buses 111 (Heathrow Airport Kingston) and H28 (Bull’s Bridge to Osterley Tesco). Additional bus services are available from Hounslow Bus station, 250m away (one stop on the 111 and H28 routes).