Chelsea and Fulham railway station on the West London Line

West London Line

The West London Line is a short railway in inner West London which links lines at in the south to lines near Willesden Junction in the north. It has always been an important cross-London link especially for freight services...

 (WLL) was opened in 1863 by the West London Extension Railway. It was between the King's Road

King's Road

King's Road is a street in Chelsea, London, England.King's Road or Kings Road may also refer to:* King's Road * King's Road * King's Road * King's Road...

 and the Fulham Road

Fulham Road

Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road Knightsbridge and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.Fulham Road runs parallel...

. It closed in 1940 after Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 bomb damage and never reopened. In March 2008 only the platform riser walls and some platform nosings remained.

Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 wishing to expand their Stamford Bridge stadium

Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...

 would have benefited had the adjacent station been re-opened,
but re-opening is unlikely, as a new station opened on 27 September 2009 near the site which would have to have platforms narrower than present standards require.

External links

• London's Abandoned Stations - Chelsea & Fulham
• Chelsea & Fulham, SubBrit disused stations projects
• The parish of Chelsea: Communications: Railways, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12: Chelsea (2004), pp. 2–13. (Victoria County History
  Victoria County History
  The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 and was dedicated to Queen Victoria with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of...
  
   series).