Hayes and Harlington railway station
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| Hayes & Harlington | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Hayes | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Hillingdon | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
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| National Rail | |||
| Station code | HAY | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
1.229 million * | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 5 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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Hayes and Harlington railway station is a railway station in Hayes and Harlington in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading and Heathrow Connect services from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway.
Hayes and Harlington is a mainline station on Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s former Great Western Main Line running out of London Paddington to the Thames Valley, Bristol, South Wales and the West Country. It is adjacent to Southall and West Drayton stations. The line was opened in the 1830s, initially running to Maidenhead Riverside to allow completion of the famous brick arch bridge over the Thames just west of Riverside station. Hayes and Harlington is one of the original stations, and is currently noted for being the location of the junction for the recently completed Heathrow Airport branch. For this reason, the lines through the station are electrified with 25kV a.c. overhead power, although they only continue along the Airport branch – the main line to Reading is not yet electrified.
The junction itself consists of two ground level high-speed turnouts from the main lines, the 'down' (away from London) line curving away to the left towards the Airport and the 'up' (towards London) line passing over a major concrete flyover construction to clear the up and down main lines before joining the up main line on the flat. This arrangement permits a London-bound electric train to join the main line from Heathrow at the same time as a Reading-bound train passes along the down main line – if there was simply a flat junction one of the trains would have had to be held to allow the other to pass.
Services at Hayes and Harlington are provided by FirstGroup plc. First Great Western Link Diesel Services run as stopping services and fast services in both directions between London Paddington and Reading, Berkshire. Heathrow Connectservices are jointly run with BAA plc ( who built the tunnel and airport junction to the airport) and FirstGroup (providing a fast electric main line alternative to the Piccadilly Line for passengers travelling to Heathrow Airport). Heathrow Connect replaced the stopping services under First Great Western Link between Hayes & Harlington and London Paddington. This has allowed for speedy journey times in the Greater London Area.
In the future, Hayes and Harlington will become one of the stations on London's planned 'Crossrail' route, the new twin-bore main line diameter tunnels underneath central London which will surface west of Paddington station. Although beyond the core tunnel section, Hayes and Harlington will be provided with a frequent metro service across the capital to Docklands, East London and Shenfield, replacing the current First Great Western service. The project also includes electrification of the slow lines along the Thames Valley as far as Maidenhead, Crossrail's planned terminus.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Hayes and Harlington railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Hayes and Harlington railway station from Multimap.com
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
- Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
- Aerial image from TerraServer
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southall | First Great Western | West Drayton | ||
| Southall | Heathrow Connect |
Heathrow T123 | ||
| Railway stations of London Central area | Greater London |
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| Managed by Network Rail: Cannon Street • Charing Cross • Euston • Fenchurch Street • King's Cross • Liverpool Street • London Bridge • Paddington • Victoria • Waterloo |
| Managed by train operator: Blackfriars • Marylebone • Moorgate • St Pancras |
| UK railway stations |
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