Grosvenor Road station was a railway station in
London
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located at the north end of
Grosvenor Bridge
Grosvenor Bridge, originally known as, and alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. Originally constructed in 1860, and widened in 1865 and 19 ...
on the approach tracks to
Victoria station.
Victoria station was originally operated as two separate parts served by the
London, Chatham and Dover Railway
The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR or LC&DR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and nor ...
(LC&DR) and the
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...
(LB&SCR) and Grosvenor Road station was also operated in this way. The LC&DR station operated between 1867 and 1911 and the LB&SCR station operated between 1870 and 1907.
The station building of the LC&DR station remains on the eastern side of the tracks adjacent to Grosvenor Road (
A3212) although no platforms remain at the elevated track level.
References
External links
abandonedstations.org.uk - Grosvenor Road
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Disused railway stations in the City of Westminster
Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
Former London, Chatham and Dover Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1911
Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
Grade II listed railway stations