Southall railway station
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| Southall ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ |
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| Location | |||
| Place | Southall | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Ealing | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Station code | STL | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
0.865 million * | ||
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| Zone | 4 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1839 | ||
| 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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Southall railway station is a station in Southall, London, located in Zone 4.
The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading, Oxford and Newbury, and by Heathrow Connect services from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway.
The station is one of the few in England in which the signs stating the station's name are in two languages, in this case English and Punjabi (Wallsend, on the Tyne and Wear Metro, has bilingual signage in English and Latin). Recently some informative station displays have also started to feature notices in Punjabi.
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[edit] History
Southall station was opened in 1839. It was on the main Great Western Railway line to Slough and the west. In 1859, a branch line to Brentford Docks was opened for carrying goods. Passenger services started running on this branch line in 1860, and continued until 1942, when the service was withdrawn.
The line alongside the un-numbered platform at the southern edge of Southall station is where these services used to run, now only used as a relief. The tracks veer off in a south-easterly direction under the Grand Junction Canal at Windmill Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous "three bridges") and then through the wilderness of Osterley. It is still used for London waste and an aggregates depot, the line being cut by the Great West Road and other modern developments. There are still remains in Brentford of the former line.
[edit] Interesting Facts
Looking from the bridge on where the station is situated, towards Paddington, you will see a row of brickwork industrial units with two bricked up archways. Those units used to be a kind of engine shed many years ago. Its probabily pre or post British Rail Era that the shed has been discontinued. Over the years they have been modified into sizeable industrial units you see today.
Another monument to Southall's former rail workings can be seen on The Green ( a road) as you travel to the station from the south. Between a church and a hall, called the Tudor Rose, is a structure, which quite evidently looks like a small signal box now marooned within an industrial/ retail area.
[edit] References
- British History Online: Norwood, including Southall: Introduction, (The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 4, published 1971).
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Southall railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Southall railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Ealing Broadway | First Great Western | Hayes & Harlington | ||
| Hanwell Ealing Broadway on Sundays |
Heathrow Connect |
Hayes & Harlington | ||
| 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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