Brentford railway station (1860-1942)

Brentford
Site of Brentford GWR Station in 1961
Location
Place	Brentford
Area	Hounslow
Grid reference	TQ171772
Operations
Original company	Great Western and Brentford Railway Company
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR
History
Key dates	Opened 1860 Closed 1942
1915	Wartime economy closure
1920	Re-opened
4 May 1942	Closed
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Brentford railway station opened in 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 in 1942.The station was demolished in 1957.

Notes

1. T. B. Peacock, G. W. Suburban Services From: 'Norwood, including Southall: Introduction', 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 (1971), pp. 40-43. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22400 Date accessed: 19 June 2010.
2. Butt 1995, p. 235.
3. Mitchell & Smith 2000, Historical Background.

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

Coordinates: 51°28′57″N 0°18′49″W / 51.4824°N 0.3136°W