Brentford railway station (1860–1942)

Not to be confused with the current Brentford railway station.

Brentford
Site of Brentford GWR Station in 1961
General information
Location	Brentford, Hounslow England
Grid reference	TQ171772
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western and Brentford Railway Company
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR
Key dates
1 May 1860	Opened
22 March 1915	Wartime economy closure
12 April 1920	Re-opened
4 May 1942	Closed
Location

Brentford railway station opened on 1 May 1860 on the Brentford Branch Line (the only line of the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company) which had opened in 1859 from Southall to Brentford Dock. ^[1] It stood immediately north of Brentford High Street (the A315 road) on the embankment leading to the viaduct into the dock. The station closed on 22 March 1915 ^[2] as a wartime economy measure, ^[3] re-opened on 12 April 1920 ^[2] and closed permanently on 4 May 1942. The station was demolished in 1957.

Proposed reopening

In April 2017, it was proposed that the line could reopen to allow a new link from Southall to Hounslow and possibly down to the planned Old Oak Common station with a new station in Brentford called Brentford Golden Mile. ^[4] The proposal suggested the service could be operated by Great Western Railway and could be open by 2020 with a new service from Southall to Brentford and possible later to Old Oak Common. ^[5] It was likely that the site would be further up from the original and would have a later extension to the existing Brentford station. ^[6]

Notes

1. Diane K Bolton, H P F King, Gillian Wyld and D C Yaxley, 'Norwood, including Southall: Introduction', in T F T Baker, J S Cockburn and R B Pugh (eds,) A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4, Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood With Southall, Hillingdon With Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow With Pinner, (London, 1971), pp. 40-43. British History Online. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. Butt 1995, p. 235.
3. Mitchell & Smith 2000, Historical Background.
4. Robert Cumber (18 April 2016). "New Southall to Brentford rail link could open as early as 2020". My London. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
   - "Brentford's key connection". Rail. No. 830. 5–18 July 2017. p. 75.
5. Robert Cumber (9 October 2014). "New station at heart of plans to restore shine to Brentford's Golden Mile". My London. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
   - Robert Cumber (26 September 2016). "Brentford-Southall rail link remains on track, with new £1.8m investment planned". My London. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
6. "Brentford's key connection". Rail. No. 830. 5–18 July 2017. p. 76.

References

• Booker, Frank (1985) [1977]. The Great Western Railway: A New History (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   0-946537-16-X.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (August 2000). Branch Lines of West London. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   1-901706-50-8.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Trumpers Crossing Halte		Great Western Railway Brentford Branch Line		Terminus

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