- Colnbrook railway station
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Colnbrook Location Place Poyle Area Slough Grid reference TQ036767 Operations Original company Staines and West Drayton Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping GWR Platforms 2 History 9 August 1884 Station opened 29 March 1965 Station closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZColnbrook railway station was a station on the now closed railway line between West Drayton and Staines West, on the western edge of London, England. It opened in 1884 to serve the village of Colnbrook, perhaps anticipating that one day it would grow into a larger settlement.[1] It was located on the original route of the Great West Road, and under the present flight path near the end of one of Heathrow Airport's main runways.
Although passenger traffic was fairly minimal, the station was not closed to passengers until 1965 (following the Beeching Report). Goods services were withdrawn the following year, but part of the line still remains in use for aggregates traffic and for deliveries to a fuel terminal serving the nearby Heathrow Airport. The platforms survived for quite a while after closure, but have now been demolished. The station house still stands, but the track beyond the former station level crossing towards Poyle has been lifted.[2]
Part of the route may be reused for the proposed Heathrow Airtrack link between Staines and Heathrow Airport. Between 1961 and 1965, the small Colnbrook Estate Halt was opened to the north to serve the industrial estate there.[3]
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Poyle Estate Halt Staines & West Drayton Railway
Staines West branchColnbrook Estate Halt References
- ^ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Colnbrook Station
- ^ London's Abandoned Tube Stations - Staines West Line www.abandonedstations.org.uk, Accessed 2008-11-20
- ^ Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Colnbrook Estate Halt
Closed railway stations in Berkshire Staines and West Drayton Railway Windsor branch Wycombe Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Lambourn Valley Railway Newbury West Fields Halt · Speen · Stockcross and Bagnor Halt · Boxford · Welford Park · Great Shefford · East Garston · Eastbury Halt · LambournNorth Downs Line Reading SouthernOther stations Reading Central GoodsStations in Oxfordshire since 1974Great Western Main Line Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Churn · Upton and BlewburyCherwell Valley Line Wycombe Railway Iffley HaltShort branches Categories:- Disused railway stations in Berkshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1884
- Railway stations closed in 1965
- Beeching closures in England
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