Brentford railway station (1860–1942)
Former railway station in London, England
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Brentford railway station was a railway station in Brentford, England, from 1860 to 1942.
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England
Brentford | |||||
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Site of Brentford GWR Station in 1961 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Brentford, Hounslow England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ171772 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western and Brentford Railway Company | ||||
| Pre-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 May 1860 | Opened | ||||
| 22 March 1915 | Wartime economy closure | ||||
| 12 April 1920 | Re-opened | ||||
| 4 May 1942 | Closed | ||||
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History
Brentford railway station opened on 1 May 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 on 4 May 1942. The station was demolished in 1957.
Proposed reopening
In April 2017, it was proposed that the line could reopen to allow a new link from Southall to Hounslow and possibly down to the planned Old Oak Common station with a new station in Brentford called Brentford Golden Mile.[4] The proposal suggested the service could be operated by Great Western Railway and could be open by 2020 with a new service from Southall to Brentford and possible later to Old Oak Common.[5] It was likely that the site would be further up from the original and would have a later extension to the existing Brentford station.[6]