West Drayton railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | West Drayton | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Hillingdon | ||
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| Station code | WDT | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 5 | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.742 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.800 million | ||
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| Zone | 6 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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West Drayton railway station is a railway station serving West Drayton, a western suburb of London, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.
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[edit] History
West Drayton station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, and was opened in 1838 at the same time as the line. However the original station was located slightly to the west of the current station, and was relocated to its current position in 1884 when the branch to Staines was opened.[1]
West Drayton was the junction station for both the Staines branch, and an earlier branch to Uxbridge Vine Street that opened in 1856. The Uxbridge branch closed to passengers in 1962, but part of the line was retained for freight traffic until 1979. The Staines branch closed to passengers in 1965, but the section of the line as far as Colnbrook remains open to freight traffic, latterly for the delivery of materials for the construction of Heathrow Airport's new terminal 5.[1]
[edit] Description
West Drayton station is situated to the north of the centre of West Drayton and immediately to the south of the Grand Union Canal, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The station has five platform faces. From south to north there is a platform on the down (away from London) fast line, an island platform with faces on the up fast line and the down relief (slow) line, and an island platform with faces on the up relief line and on a loop line to the north of the up relief originally used by trains on the two branch lines. The platforms on the fast lines see little use, other than when the slow lines are closed for maintenance. Access between the platforms is via steps and a pedestrian underpass.
[edit] Services
West Drayton station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between London Paddington and Reading. These services run seven days a week with 2 trains hourly (4 in peaks). Typical journey times are just over 20 minutes to Paddington, and just under 40 minutes to Reading.[2]
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Hayes & Harlington |
First Great Western Commuter services Great Western Main Line |
Iver Langley on Sundays |
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Following station | ||
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toward Maidenhead
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Crossrail |
toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Colnbrook | Staines & West Drayton Railway Staines West branch |
Terminus | ||
| Cowley | Great Western Railway Uxbridge branch |
Hayes and Harlington | ||
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Aerofilms (2006). London's Railways from the Air. Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 3144 4.
- ^ Train Times. First Great Western. Retrieved on April 12, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information, from National Rail
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