Perivale Halt railway station

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Perivale Halt
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Perivale Halt
Location of Perivale Halt in Greater London
Location Perivale
Local authority London Borough of Ealing
Grid reference TQ162833
Number of platforms2
Railway companies
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 May 1904Opened
1 February 1915Closed
29 March 1920Re-opened
15 June 1947Closed
Replaced by Perivale
Other information
WGS84 51°32′14″N0°19′30″W / 51.5371°N 0.3250°W / 51.5371; -0.3250 Coordinates: 51°32′14″N0°19′30″W / 51.5371°N 0.3250°W / 51.5371; -0.3250
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Perivale Halt railway station was a station on the New North Main Line of the Great Western Railway. It served the London suburb of Perivale from 1904 to 1947, [1] when it was replaced by Perivale station on the Central line of the London Underground.

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History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 May 1904, originally being named Perivale. [2] It had long wooden platforms, and pagoda huts, on an embankment reached by sloping paths west of Horsenden Lane South. The steam "push-and-pull" passenger service ran to Paddington (Bishop's Road), the line was shared with freight, and express trains to Birmingham (2 hours, non-stop). Until the late 1920s, Perivale was entirely rural, despite its proximity to Ealing. A similar halt was at South Greenford before it was modernised by Network SouthEast.

The station closed temporarily on 1 February 1915, reopening on 29 March 1920; and on 10 July 1922 was renamed Perivale Halt. It closed permanently on 15 June 1947, [2] in advance of the opening of the extension of the Central line from North Acton to Greenford on 30 June 1947.

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References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 339. OCLC   931112387.
  2. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 184. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.

Further reading

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Greenford
Line closed- station open
  Great Western Railway
New North Main Line
  Twyford Abbey Halt
(1904-1911)
Brentham for North Ealing
and Greystoke Park

(1911-1947)
Line and station closed
South Greenford
Line closed, station open