Staines West railway station

Staines West

Station in 1962.
Location
Place Staines-upon-Thames
Area Borough of Spelthorne
Grid reference TQ033718
Operations
Original company Staines & West Drayton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
2 November 1885 (1885-11-02) Opened as Staines
26 September 1949 Renamed Staines West
29 March 1965 (1965-03-29) Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Staines West railway station was one of two stations in the town of Staines-upon-Thames, 19 miles (31 km) from central London. The station was opened on 2 November 1885 as a rival and synonymously named Staines [Railway] Station as the southern terminus of the Staines & West Drayton Railway the London and South Western Railway refused to have a connection from the Great Western Railway (GWR) to its two territory-encroaching lines passing through the town, to Windsor and Reading, Berkshire from London, having invested in its own railway bridges across the River Thames (Datchet and Staines) and viewing the GWR as a competitor in Windsor and Reading already.

The station was alongside Pound Mill in Moor Lane, was converted from the conveniently sited house of a mill owner and featured a goods yard. It was renamed Staines West on 26 September 1949. In 1964 there were 14 trains on weekdays. The station closed on 29 March 1965 when passenger services along the branch ceased.[1][2][3]

After closure to passengers the goods yard 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 Windsor line was laid to serve the oil depot but ten years later it closed.[4] The station building survives and has been converted to offices. The platform has been removed in favour of car parking, where a very short section of track is preserved.

The Heathrow Airtrack scheme for a rail connection from Heathrow Airport to lines from Waterloo would approximate part of the Staines West route.

Staines to Windsor Line

Legend
Windsor & Eton Riverside
Black Potts Bridge
over River Thames
Black Potts Viaduct
over Jubilee River
Mays Level Crossing
Datchet Level Crossing
Datchet
Sunnymeads
Wraysbury

Staines and West Drayton Railway
World War II Link (1940–1947)
Reversing point for oil trains
Oil Terminal Link (1981–1991)
Oil Terminal
Staines West(1885–1965)
Staines High Street(1884–1916)

Waterloo to Reading Line
to Reading
Staines
Waterloo to Reading Line
to London Waterloo

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 218. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Staines West - West Drayton
  3. Disused Stations: Staines West Station
  4. Airtrack Home Page for the disbanded Airtrack Gatwick-Heathrow and mid-Surrey-Heathrow direct railway.

Further reading

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Staines & West Drayton Railway
Staines West branch
  Yeoveney Halt

Coordinates: 51°26′10″N 0°30′55″W / 51.4362°N 0.5153°W / 51.4362; -0.5153

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