Staines West railway station
- Staines West railway station
Staines West railway station was a railway station in the town of Staines, 19 miles from central London. It was opened in 1885 as Staines as the southern terminus of the Staines & West Drayton Railway when the London and South Western Railway refused to have a connection to its line. It was located alongside Pound Mill in Moor Lane, converted from the conveniently sited house of a mill owner. It was renamed Staines West in 1949. In 1964 there were 14 trains on weekdays. Passenger services ceased in 1965. [ [http://www.loveplums.co.uk/Tube/Staines_West_line.html Staines West - West Drayton ] ] [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/staines_west/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Staines West Station ] ]
After closure to passengers the goods yard at Staines West was demolished and a rail accessed oil storage depot built in its place. When the line north of the station was severed by the building of the M25 motorway in 1981, a new connection to the Southern Region line was made to serve the oil depot but ten years later it closed. [ [http://airtrack.org/home.htm Airtrack Home Page ] ]
The Heathrow Airtrack scheme for a rail connection from Heathrow Airport to lines from Waterloo would approximate part of the Staines West route and have a station re-instated at Staines High Street close to the site of Staines West station.
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