Kew railway station was opened by the

North and 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 1853 in

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

in west

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on the western curve of the

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 ...

triangle A triangle is a polygon with three Edge (geometry), edges and three Vertex (geometry), vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with vertices ''A'', ''B'', and ''C'' is denoted \triangle ABC. In Euclidean geometry, an ...

. It closed in 1862 after the railway had in 1862 opened its Kew Bridge platforms (closed since 1940) on the eastern curve and which were connected to the LSWR

Kew Bridge station Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford, the London Borough of Hounslow, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was named after the nearby Kew ...

, itself on the southern chord. Although ''Kew'' and ''Kew Bridge'' are applied to structures on the north bank of the

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Kew does not extend across the river.

Potential reopening

West London Orbital The West London Orbital is a proposed extension to the London Overground railway system in London, UK. The extension would make use of a combination of existing freight and passenger lines including the Dudding Hill Line, North London Line and ...

proposal which would see reinstatement of the Dudding Hill Line and new stations built at Harlesden and Neasden, a new passenger service will run from to and and a new station could be built at Lionel Road as Proposed which would be close to the former site of Kew station.West London Orbital
p.16 The feasibility study stated was a good business case for a station but noted that the station is not required in order to open the line.

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* http://findmapplaces.com/14798405_Old+Kew+Station (which is in Russian) has a photograph of "Old Kew Station" and a location overlaid on a modern map. Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Hounslow Former North and South Western Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1853 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1862 1853 establishments in England {{London-railstation-stub