Stanmore railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Stanmore |
| History | |
| Opened by | London & North Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Key dates | Opened 1890 (L&NWR) Closed 1952 (BR, to passengers) Closed 1964 (BR) |
| Replaced by | none |
Stanmore (or Stanmore Village) was a station in Stanmore, Greater London in what was previously Middlesex. It was opened on 18 December 1890 by the London & North Western Railway as the terminus of a short branch line running north from Harrow & Wealdstone. The station was located on the south side of the junction of Gordon Avenue and Old Church Lane (the section north of the junction was originally named Station Road).
The intermediate station on the branch line was Belmont. The connection to the main line at Harrow & Wealdstone station faced away from London preventing through trains operating without a reversal; the passenger service was thus operated as a shuttle from Harrow and Wealdstone to Stanmore.
The opening in 1932 by the Metropolitan Railway of its own Stanmore station about 1 km to the north-east (later served by the Bakerloo Line and now by the Jubilee Line) with a then direct service to the West End and the City of London offered strong competition to the L&NWR station and its passenger service was ended on 15 September 1952. The line was closed completely on 6 July 1964, as part of the railway cuts implemented under the Beeching Axe.
To help the station blend with its surroundings it was designed to resemble a church, including a short spire. The platform buildings were demolished in the 1970s for the construction of a road of new houses, September Way, which was built along part of the track alignment. Part of the main station building was incorporated into a new home, minus the spire, and a plaque indicates the site of the station.
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Belmont | British Railways Stanmore branch |
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