Feltham railway station

Feltham
Feltham
	Feltham Location of Feltham in Greater London
Location	Feltham
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South Western Railway
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	FEL
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	3.923 million
2020–21	1.110 million
2021–22	2.575 million
2022–23	3.077 million
2023–24	3.249 million
Key dates
22 August 1848	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures ; Facilities ;
Coordinates	51°26′53″N0°24′32″W / 51.4481°N 0.4088°W
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Last updated November 28, 2024

Feltham railway station serves Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It was opened on 22 August 1848 by the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (later the London and South Western Railway).

Facilities

A central, internal footbridge with stairs and lifts connects the platforms. To the west nearby is a footbridge and beyond that another that allows crossing by ramps and connects part of the town's 21st-century shopping/restaurants plaza to the eastbound side and a small part of Feltham, beyond which is Bedfont. The high street of Feltham starts 100 metres south and somewhat more, east.

A small shop, ticket machines and seating area are in the booking hall before the ticket barriers on the northern platform (1, eastbound or 'up'). Covered seating, vending machines, toilets and a coffee kiosk serve the platform.

The southern platform (2, westbound, or 'Down') hosts the bulk of the original station house.^[2] Two near-adjoining entrances, a small shop, automatic ticket machines and covered seating serve the platform. The mid-19th century former house is at the northern extremity of Feltham's principal architectural conservation area, taking in Hanworth Road, lined primarily with detached late Victorian houses.^[2]

The southern forecourt hosts a taxi rank, small car park and bays for courtesy buses to local employers (and if any track is closed, rail replacement bus services).

History

Before World War II a main station entrance was built on the road bridge carrying Hounslow Road across the line – this and a footbridge were demolished in the early 1990s. A former Red Star Parcels office is vacant space in the southerly station house.

Adjacent land, once used in the rail sector, has become a supermarket and a private sports centre; to the east of the station was Feltham marshalling yard, one of the largest marshalling yards in the British Isles (1917–67) and a motive power depot.

Construction of the booking hall, internal bridge, their accessways and most facilities on the northern side dates to the 1990s. This was built under the SWELTRAC partnership between local authorities, Heathrow Airport Ltd (part of BAA), and the rail industry to boost public transport, including easy rail/bus interchange. Its apron/forecourt, for buses, fronts the southwestern part of New Road (and it fronts Bedfont Lane, with semi-open pavements to both).

Until March 2019, there was a level crossing at the station's west end, carrying part of Bedfont Lane; the crossing was closed altogether and the road split in two that year.^[3]

Services

All services at Feltham are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:^[4]

6 tph to London Waterloo (2 of these are stopping services via Hounslow and 4 are semi-fast via Richmond)
2 tph to Weybridge
2 tph to Reading via Bracknell
2 tph to Windsor & Eton Riverside

Additional services, including trains to and from Camberley and Aldershot call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the stopping services between Weybridge and London Waterloo are reduced to hourly and westbound trains run to and from Woking instead of Weybridge. The service to Windsor & Eton Riverside is also reduced to 1 tph on its regular service pattern, with the extra service instead calling at all stations via Richmond.

Preceding station		Following station
Whitton or Twickenham	South Western Railway Waterloo to Reading Line	Ashford or Staines
Hounslow	South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line	Ashford or Staines
Historical railways
Brentford	Anglia Railways London Crosslink	Staines

Connections

London Buses routes 90, 117, 235, 285, 490, H25 and H26 serve the station.^[5]

Proposals

The station's track lay in the now abandoned Heathrow Airtrack plan proposed by BAA. Railways, for passenger trains, would have splayed out from Heathrow Terminal 5 to London Waterloo, Reading and Guildford, replacing express bus services, and the first listed of these running directly via (calling at) Feltham. BAA withdrew the Airtrack plan in 2011.^[6]

Smaller proposals have followed. Hounslow Council, in 2016, consulted on a direct railway, with passenger services, between the line and Terminal 5 of Heathrow.^[7] The plan was again disbanded.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 FELTHAM GREEN & TOWN CENTRE Conservation Area Appraisal, April 2018, by the London Borough of Hounslow.
↑ Feltham Update: Permanent closure of level crossing, 6 March 2019 London Borough of Hounslow.
↑ Table 149 National Rail timetable, December 2023
↑ "Buses from Feltham" (PDF). Transport for London . Retrieved 27 April 2024.
↑ "Heathrow's vision for future rail access" (Press release). BAA. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
↑ "Heathrow Southern Rail Access Consultation". London Borough of Hounslow. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

Train times and station information for Feltham railway station from National Rail

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[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[ca-2] 1 2 FELTHAM GREEN & TOWN CENTRE Conservation Area Appraisal, April 2018, by the London Borough of Hounslow.

[3] Feltham Update: Permanent closure of level crossing, 6 March 2019 London Borough of Hounslow.

[4] Table 149 National Rail timetable, December 2023

[5] "Buses from Feltham" (PDF). Transport for London . Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[6] "Heathrow's vision for future rail access" (Press release). BAA. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[7] "Heathrow Southern Rail Access Consultation". London Borough of Hounslow. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

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Feltham

Feltham Location of Feltham in Greater London
Location	Feltham
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South Western Railway
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	FEL
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	3.923 million^[1]
2020–21	1.110 million^[1]
2021–22	2.575 million^[1]
2022–23	3.077 million^[1]
2023–24	3.249 million^[1]
Key dates
22 August 1848 (1848-08-22)	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°26′53″N0°24′32″W / 51.4481°N 0.4088°W / 51.4481; -0.4088
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