English: Bayswater Underground Station, (District Line and Circle Line), 19 August 2023.

The station opened in 1863 as Bayswater, was renamed Bayswater (Queen’s Road) & Westbourne Grove in 1923, Bayswater (Queen’s Road) in 1933 and Bayswater (Queensway) in 1946 after which the suffix was gradually dropped over several years and the original title restored.

The station was opened in October 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR) on its extension from Paddington (Praed Street) to the Metropolitan District Railways’ (MDR) South Kensington station, which ultimately was to form a component of the two railways’ shared ‘Inner Circle’ service. From 1926 the MDR began a service through Bayswater from Edgware Road to Putney Bridge (and later extended to Wimbledon). Today the station serves the Circle Line and the District Line’s Edgware Road – Wimbledon route.

The station was designed by the MR’s Chief Engineer Sir John Fowler and much of the station remains original, though a substantial proportion of the trainshed roof has been removed. It is rather odd that English Heritage has not listed the station.

Pictured is the original decorative staircase and the remains of Folwer's trainshed roof.