Colnbrook railway station

Colnbrook
Remains of the station in 1986
Location
Place	Poyle
Area	Slough
Grid reference	TQ036767
Operations
Original company	Staines and West Drayton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	GWR
Platforms	2
History
9 August 1884 (1884-08-09)	Station opened
29 March 1965 (1965-03-29)	Station closed
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Colnbrook railway station was a station on the now closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It opened in 1884 to serve the village of Colnbrook, perhaps anticipating that one day it would grow into a larger settlement.^[1] It was located on the original route of the Great West Road, and under the present flight path near the end of one of Heathrow Airport's main runways.

Although passenger traffic was fairly minimal, the station was not closed to passengers until 1965 (following the Beeching Report). Goods services were withdrawn the following year, but part of the line still remains in use for aggregates traffic and for deliveries to a fuel terminal serving the nearby Heathrow Airport. The platforms survived for quite a while after closure, but have now been demolished. The station house still stands, but the track beyond the former station level crossing towards Poyle has been lifted.^[2]

Part of the route may be reused for the proposed Heathrow Airtrack link between Staines and Heathrow Airport. Between 1961 and 1965, the small Colnbrook Estate Halt was opened to the north to serve the industrial estate there.^[3]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Poyle Estate Halt Line and station closed		Staines & West Drayton Railway Staines West branch		Colnbrook Estate Halt Line and station closed

References

↑ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Colnbrook Station
↑ London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Staines West Line www.abandonedstations.org.uk, Accessed 2008-11-20
↑ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Colnbrook Estate Halt

Closed railway stations in Berkshire

Staines and West Drayton Railway	Colnbrook Estate Halt Colnbrook Poyle Estate Halt

Windsor branch	Chalvey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Maidenhead Boyne Hill

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Hermitage Pinewood Halt Hampstead Norris Compton

Lambourn Valley Railway	Newbury West Fields Halt Speen Stockcross and Bagnor Halt Boxford Welford Park Great Shefford East Garston Eastbury Halt Lambourn

North Downs Line	Reading Southern

Other stations	Reading Central Goods

Stations in Oxfordshire since 1974

Great Western Main Line	Moulsford Steventon Wantage Road Challow Uffington Shrivenham

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Churn Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley Line	Abingdon Junction Abingdon Road Halt Hinksey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Iffley Halt

Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

Coordinates: 51°28′50″N 0°30′29″W / 51.48066°N 0.50807°W / 51.48066; -0.50807

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