Brentford railway station

Not to be confused with the former Brentford railway station (1860–1942).

Brentford
Brentford Location of Brentford in Greater London
Location	Brentford
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South Western Railway
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	BFD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.720 million [1]
2020–21	0.414 million [1]
2021–22	0.806 million [1]
2022–23	0.898 million [1]
2023–24	0.984 million [1]
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°29′15″N0°18′35″W / 51.4875°N 0.3096°W / 51.4875; -0.3096
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Brentford is a railway station in the town of Brentford, in Hounslow, London. It is on the Hounslow Loop Line and in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. It was the main station for Brentford F.C.'s former ground Griffin Park, 400 metres east. The modest High Street of the suburb of Brentford (characterized by wide-ranging businesses and light industrial parks) is 300 metres south-east.

Brentford Central - view eastward to Barnes in May 1961

Services

All services at Brentford are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: ^[2]

• 2 tph to London Waterloo via Barnes
• 2 tph to Weybridge via Hounslow

Additional services, including trains to and from London Waterloo via Richmond call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and westbound trains run to and from Woking instead of Weybridge.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kew Bridge		South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line		Syon Lane
	Historical railways
Willesden Junction		Anglia Railways London Crosslink		Feltham

History

See also: Hounslow Loop Line

Brentford railway station was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in a period of mainly passenger use. An unlinked perpendicular line, the Brentford Dock line operated between 1859 and 1964, mainly for goods and waste transfer. The Dock Line between 1860 and 1942 ran a passenger service into passenger terminus Brentford (GWR) railway station. ^[3]

Between 1950 and 1980 Brentford station was named Brentford Central station. When multi-national pharmaceutical and retail company Glaxo Smith Kline opened its Global HQ 500 metres west, GSK House in 2001 after two years of construction, ^[4] it contributed towards modernisation of the station.^{[ quantify ]}

Between 22 May 2000 and 28 September 2002, the station was served by the London Crosslink service provided by Anglia Railways.

Connections

London Buses routes 195, E2 and E8 serve the station. ^[5]

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Table 149 National Rail timetable, December 2023
3. "Station name: Brentford Dock". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
4. "GSK House, London – Building #257". Skyscrapernews.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
5. "Buses from Brentford station" (PDF). Transport for London . Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

• Train times and station information for Brentford railway station from National Rail