Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford, the

London Borough of Hounslow The London Borough of Hounslow () is a London borough in West London, England, forming part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 when three smaller borough councils (forming part of the former Middlesex County Council area) amalgamated under ...

, and is in

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. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was named after the nearby

Kew Bridge Kew Bridge is a wide-span bridge over the Tideway (upper estuary of the Thames) linking the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow. The present bridge, which was opened in 1903 as King Edward VII Bridge by King Edward VII and Quee ...

History

The station was built by the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS&SWR) and was opened on 22 August 1849 by the

London and South Western Railway The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...

(LSWR), which had absorbed the WS&SWR whilst that railway was under construction. Originally named ''Kew'', it was renamed ''Kew Bridge'' on 1 January 1869. The

North & South Western Junction Railway The North and South Western Junction Railway (NSWJR) was a short railway in west London, England. It opened in 1853, connecting Willesden on the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) with Brentford on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) ...

in a spirit of affording LSWR access to Fenchurch Street operated its admittedly rival '

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is a ...

' station (1853–1866) on the western curve. From 1862 the companies cooperated: the junction railway company built additional Kew Bridge platforms (which were closed in 1940), the LSWR having constructed the eastern curve itself. The Grade II listed large station building, designed by Sir

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, is now a coffee shop.

Present

The station, on the

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, is on the southern and eastern curves of the Kew Bridge railway triangle, although the eastern curve platforms are abandoned. The station building was extensively refurbished in June 2013, with the platforms reached by a side walkway. The station has 2 active platforms and 2 disused platforms: * Platform 2: Trains to Brentford,

Hounslow Hounslow () is a large suburban district of West London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 12 metropolitan centres in ...

and

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the ...

* Platform 1: Trains to Chiswick,

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and

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* Platform 3: Currently disused, served trains via South Acton * Platform 4: Currently disused, served trains from South Acton continuing via Chiswick. There are currently no passenger services on the eastern and western curves, but both have been proposed by the

for

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and also for Zone 3 Overground

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. The football stadium redevelopment plan includes space for additional platforms on the other curves. Briefly, between 2000 and 2002, Anglia Railways ran trains originating from the Great Eastern Main Line via the North London Line and the western curve as far as Basingstoke. This was termed the "Crosslink" service.

Local attractions

Britain's largest foldable cycle manufacturer,

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, is based behind the station, along the northeast edge of the railway triangle. Nearby attractions include the

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...

, the

London Museum of Water & Steam London Museum of Water & Steam is an independent museum founded in 1975 as the Kew Bridge Steam Museum. It was rebranded in early 2014 following a major investment project. Situated on the site of the old Kew Bridge Pumping Station in Brentfo ...

, Gtech Community Stadium and the

Musical Museum, Brentford The Musical Museum is a charity, museum and concert venue located in Brentford, London Borough of Hounslow, a few minutes' walk from Kew Bridge railway station. Its stated purpose is to conserve, preserve, and develop nationally important colle ...

Proposals

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proposed that

services from the east have the option of terminating at Hounslow as well as Reading by a mix of existing line and new connections. This proposal was rejected. Other plans have been drafted and floated to Network Rail for reinstatement of track on the curves and direct services for Brentford Football Club's development of its Lionel Road stadium.

Gallery

Service

The typical off-peak weekday service in trains per hour is * 6 to

of which ** 4 run direct via

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and ** 2 run circuitously via Brentford * 2 to

. On Sundays there is one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and via and one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Twickenham, Kingston, Wimbledon and Waterloo via Hounslow.

Connections

London Buses routes 65,

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, night routes N9 and N65 serve the station.

References

External links

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