Hounslow railway station

Hounslow
Hounslow Location of Hounslow in Greater London
Location	Hounslow
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South West Trains
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	HOU
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	1.021 million[1]
2009–10	0.999 million[1]
2010–11	1.121 million[1]
2011–12	1.219 million[1]
2012–13	1.215 million[1]
2013–14	1.227 million[1]
2014–15	1.285 million[1]
Key dates
1 February 1850	Opened
Other information
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WGS84	51°27′43″N 0°21′44″W / 51.462°N 0.3622°WCoordinates: 51°27′43″N 0°21′44″W / 51.462°N 0.3622°W
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Hounslow railway station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 February 1850 on completion of the bridges and embankments at Isleworth. A temporary station had opened as "Hounslow" some 400 metres northeast of the present Isleworth station on 22 August 1849 to allow a service to run until the loop was connected, its name was changed to "Smallberry Green" after four months.^[2]

The Station has now been revamped with a £650,000 facelift which took four months to complete. The renovations include a new, larger booking hall and toilet, better access for people with disabilities and a low energy lighting system.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is:

• 4 direct to Waterloo via Brentford
• 2 circuitously to Waterloo via Twickenham and Richmond
• 2 to Weybridge

On Sundays, there are two trains per hour to and from Waterloo, one of which continues to Woking and the other to Twickenham and Kingston.

Connections

London Buses route 281 serve the station.

In popular culture

• The station was featured in the music video for the 1982 Depeche Mode song See You.
• The line "Jeffrey, take the 9pm to Hounslow out of your mouth" is stated by character Stewie Griffin in the Family Guy episode "Dammit Janet!" (2000).

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. V. Mitchell and K. Smith, Kingston and Hounslow Loops, Middleton Press, 1900, ISBN 0-906520-83-5

External links

• Train times and station information for Hounslow railway station from National Rail