Stanmore Village railway station
| Stanmore Village | |
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Stanmore Village station on a 1938 map | |
  Stanmore Village Location of Stanmore Village in Greater London | |
| Location | Stanmore |
| Local authority | Harrow |
| Owner | London & North Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Key dates | |
| 1890 | Opened |
| 1952 | Closed to passengers |
| 1964 | Closed for freight |
| Replaced by | none |
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| WGS84 | 51°36′47″N 0°18′47″W / 51.6131°N 0.3131°WCoordinates: 51°36′47″N 0°18′47″W / 51.6131°N 0.3131°W |
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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). To help the station building blend with its surroundings, it was designed to resemble a church, including a short spire.
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, normally run as a push–pull train.
The opening in 1932 by the Metropolitan Railway of its own Stanmore station about 1 km (0.6 mi) 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. An intermediate station on the branch line was constructed at Belmont, opening on 12 September 1932.
Stanmore station was renamed Stanmore Village on 25 September 1950. Declining receipts led to the passenger service being withdrawn on 15 September 1952, but services continued between Belmont and Harrow. The London Transport 158 bus route provided alternative services. A daily freight train continued using the line beyond Belmont until the line was closed completely on 6 July 1964. By then the run-round loop had been removed so goods wagons were propelled from Harrow and Wealdstone station. 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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Station building in 1957
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Belmont Line and station closed |
British Railways Stanmore branch line |
Terminus | ||
