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The station originally only consisted of a single looped track, which allowed trains to return eastwards without having to reverse. Two more platforms were added when the line was extended westwards but the working conditions were not ideal and the station was replaced in 1947 by White City station, slightly further up the line. |
| 5) | Shepherds Bush station on the Central line, its original western terminus. |
| 8) | The westbound tunnel which has the tightest curve on the underground (the Caxton Curve, seen here running under Caxton Road). |
| 2) | The above ground original platforms of Wood Lane station. Platforms 1 & 2 were either side of the solitary track and trains travelled in an anti-clockwise direction, running around the loop back toward Shepherds Bush. |
| 3) | The route of the 1920 extension westward; the new westbound platform was in the vicinity of the arrow. There was not enough room to rectify the reversed running of the trains before reaching the new White City station, hence the right/left running at that station. Travellers on this line will be aware of the crossover point where the lines revert to normal running west of White City. |
| 1) | The western extension returning in an eastbound direction. |
| 10) | The old White City station on what is now the Hammersmith & City line. It is being reopened on the other (eastern) side of Wood Lane to connect with the Central Line's White City station. |
| 9) | The existing Shepherds Bush station on the Hammersmith & City line, likely to be renamed Shepherds Bush West to avoid confusion with the Central line/West London line station. |
| 7) | The existing Goldhawk Road station on the Hammersmith & City line. These two stations replaced the previous Shepherds Bush station situated between the two. |
| 4) | Uxbridge Road station on the West London line from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction. This station is currently being rebuilt as Shepherds Bush station and will form part of an interchange with the rebuilt Central Line station of the same name. |
| 6) | The fifth disused station within the area of the map above is another Shepherds Bush station, this one on the LSWR line from Kensington Olympia to Hammersmith Grove Road. |
 Part of the station building with the Wood Lane name still visible. |
 The station building as it was in June 2000. |
 Wood Lane depot. |
 The following set of photos, follow the reversing loop from the perspective of an arriving train going around the loop and returning in an eastbound direction: |
 View of a westbound train; the middle carriage of which is the approximate location from where the above photo was taken. This area has now been completely covered. (June 2000) |
 Following the original single track loop round, with platforms 1 & 2 on either side of it. This photo was taken facing the depot, against the direction that the trains used to take i.e. back toward the area shown in the photo above. The blue railings in the two photos above can be seen here as well. |
 Looking eastward. The track area is just about visible through the undergrowth. |
 Footbridge connecting platform 1 with the station building. |
 Aerial view showing the staircase in the photo above. The trains would run in a right to left direction. The viaduct in the background carries the Hammersmith & City line - Hammersmith trains would also be travelling in a right to left direction. Incidentally, the Hammersmith & City line had its own Wood Lane station (also now abandoned). It would have been somewhere not far from the left of this photo. |
 Other side of the footbridge, looking back toward the direction that the trains came from. |
 The end of the loop can be seen in the centre of the photo - this is the point where the eastbound extension joined it, on its way back to Shepherd's Bush (the camera is facing the direction from which the trains come/came). The footbridge in the photo above can be just seen as the line curves away at the right of the photo. |
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