The Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Company was a British railway company. It was established in 1897 under the auspices of the

Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Act 1897 The Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Act 1897 was enabling legislation to allow the creation of the Harrow and Uxbridge Railway. It received royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature ...

. In 1904, it opened what is now the Uxbridge branch of the

Metropolitan line The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in Hillingdon. Printed in magenta on the tube map, the line i ...

, connecting

Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbrid ...

to the

Metropolitan Railway The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex su ...

near Roxborough Lane (now Roxborough Road) close to

Harrow-on-the-Hill station Harrow-on-the-Hill is an interchange railway station in Harrow, served by suburban London Underground Metropolitan line services and commuter National Rail services on the London–Aylesbury line. It is down the line from . Harrow-on-the-Hil ...

. The original

terminus was a station at Belmont Road that was later replaced when the line was extended closer to the town centre in 1938. The buildings of the original terminus were eventually demolished in the 1960s. Services on the branch opened on 4 July 1904, with the first service on the line being headed by the steam locomotive Met Loco No. 1, bedecked in bunting. At the opening, the only intermediate station on the branch was at

Ruislip Ruislip ( ) is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, and in the historic county of Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...

. Additional stations were opened at

Ickenham Ickenham is an area in Greater London, forming the eastern part of Uxbridge and within the London Borough of Hillingdon. While no major historical events have taken place in Ickenham, settlements dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain ...

(1905),

Eastcote Eastcote is a suburban area in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in northwest London. In the Middle Ages, Eastcote was one of the three areas that made up the parish of Ruislip, under the name of Ascot. The name came from its position to the e ...

and

Rayners Lane Rayners Lane is a suburban district in the London Borough of Harrow that forms the western part of Harrow. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners Lane (formerly also spelt ''Rayner ...

(1906),

Ruislip Manor Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately west north west of Charing Cross. The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the develop ...

(1912),

West Harrow West Harrow is a locality directly to the west/southwest of Harrow town in the London Borough of Harrow, in the county of Greater London and historically in the county of Middlesex. Location As its name suggests, West Harrow is located on ...

(1913) and

Hillingdon Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civil pari ...

(1923). The company was absorbed into the

in 1906, following legislation in Parliament. , the records of the Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Company were held in the

London Metropolitan Archives The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is the principal local government archive repository for the Greater London area, including the City of London: it is the largest county record office in the United Kingdom. It was established under its pr ...

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Promotional material from the 1904 opening of the railway to Uxbridge

A photograph of Met Loco No. 1 on the opening day
Predecessor companies of the London Underground 1897 establishments in England 1906 disestablishments in England Metropolitan Railway British companies disestablished in 1906 British companies established in 1897 Railway companies disestablished in 1906 Railway companies established in 1897