Uxbridge Vine Street railway station
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Uxbridge Vine Street station opened on 8 September 1856 as Uxbridge Station and was the earliest of three railway stations in Uxbridge. It was the northern terminus of the Great Western Railway
Uxbridge branch
from the main line at . South from Uxbridge town centre the line ran near Whitehall Road and Cleveland Road.
In November 1885, the Staines West
branch opened sharing a short section of the Vine Street branch to connect to the main line. An intermediate station at Cowley
opened in 1904. Uxbridge Vine Street station was closed to passengers from 10 September 1962, when the service from West Drayton was withdrawn. Goods traffic ceased two years later and the only stretch of the line north of West Drayton to survive longer than this was that as far as Middlesex Oil Depot, some distance south of Cowley, which closed in 1979. Demolition of Uxbridge Vine Street station occurred in 1969. Hillingdon Road now covers its site.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
Uxbridge branch
Uxbridge branch
The Uxbridge Branch Line was a railway line between West Drayton and Uxbridge. The line branched from the Great Western Main Line at West Drayton and ran two miles north to Uxbridge Vine Street.- History :...
from the main line at . South from Uxbridge town centre the line ran near Whitehall Road and Cleveland Road.
In November 1885, the Staines West
Staines West railway station
Staines West railway station was a station in the town of Staines, from central London. The station was opened on 2 November 1885 as Staines, the southern terminus of the Staines & West Drayton Railway when the London and South Western Railway refused to have a connection to its line...
branch opened sharing a short section of the Vine Street branch to connect to the main line. An intermediate station at Cowley
Cowley railway station
Cowley Railway Station was a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Great Western Railway in Cowley, London. It is now no longer open.The station was opened to serve the small settlement of Cowley. It opened in 1904, nearly fifty years after the rest of the line from West Drayton had been constructed...
opened in 1904. Uxbridge Vine Street station was closed to passengers from 10 September 1962, when the service from West Drayton was withdrawn. Goods traffic ceased two years later and the only stretch of the line north of West Drayton to survive longer than this was that as far as Middlesex Oil Depot, some distance south of Cowley, which closed in 1979. Demolition of Uxbridge Vine Street station occurred in 1969. Hillingdon Road now covers its site.
See also
- Uxbridge High Street railway stationUxbridge High Street railway stationUxbridge High Street railway station in Uxbridge was on what is now Oxford Road near its junction with Sanderson Road. It was the southern terminus and only station on the Great Western Railway branch line from the GWR/GCR joint line, which is now the Chiltern Main Line.The station opened on 1 May...
- Uxbridge tube stationUxbridge tube stationUxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan Line and the Piccadilly Line. The next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles west of...
- List of closed railway stations in London