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Uxbridge Vine Street station opened on 8 September 1856 as ''Uxbridge Station'' and was the earliest of three railway stations in Uxbridge, London.
Uxbridge Vine St at Subterranea Britannica
www.disused-stations.org.uk, Accessed 2008-11-20
www.abandonedstations.org.uk Accessed 2008-11-20 Goods traffic ceased two years later with the exception of the line south of the
Disused stations website with photos
Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Hillingdon Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hillingdon Uxbridge {{London-railstation-stub
Uxbridge Vine Street station opened on 8 September 1856 as ''Uxbridge Station'' and was the earliest of three railway stations in Uxbridge, London.
History
When opened, it was the northern terminus of theGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
's Uxbridge branch
The Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line was a railway line to Uxbridge in the historical English county of Middlesex, from the Great Western Railway main line at West Drayton. It opened in 1856 as a broad gauge single line, long. It was converted ...
from the main line at West Drayton
West Drayton is a suburban town in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex and from 1929 was part of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District, which became part of Greater London in 1965. Th ...
. South from Uxbridge town centre, the line ran near Whitehall Road and Cleveland Road.
In 1863, a plan was approved to construct an extension of the Uxbridge Branch to create a link northwards to in Hertfordshire via , connecting it to the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway
The Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (W&RR) ran services between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. The company was incorporated in 1860; the line opened in 1862. The Rickmansworth branch was closed in 1952, and the remaining ...
(W&RR). The scheme never went ahead as the GWR withdrew its funding.
In November 1885, the Staines West branch opened sharing a short section of the Vine Street branch to connect to the main line. An intermediate station at Cowley opened in 1904.
The Uxbridge Branch continued to be operated under British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four (British ra ...
until 10 September 1962, when the service from West Drayton was withdrawn and Uxbridge Vine Street station was closed to passengers.www.disused-stations.org.uk, Accessed 2008-11-20
www.abandonedstations.org.uk Accessed 2008-11-20 Goods traffic ceased two years later with the exception of the line south of the
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter ...
on which freight services were operated to the Middlesex Oil and Chemical Works in Yiewsley
Yiewsley ( ) is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, 2 miles (3 km) south of Uxbridge, the borough's commercial and administrative centre. Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middl ...
until 8 January 1979. Demolition of Uxbridge Vine Street station occurred in 1969. Hillingdon Road now covers its site.
See also
* Uxbridge High Street railway station *Uxbridge tube station
Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan line and the Piccadilly line. The next station towards London ...
* List of closed railway stations in London
List of closed railway stations in London lists closed heavy rail passenger stations within the Greater London area. Stations served only by London Underground or its predecessors, by Tramlink, and by the Docklands Light Railway are not included ...
References
External links
Disused stations website with photos
Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Hillingdon Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1856 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hillingdon Uxbridge {{London-railstation-stub