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| Location | West Drayton |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Hillingdon |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Station code | WDT |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 0.742 million[1] |
| 2005–06 | increase 0.800 million[1] |
| 2006–07 | increase 1.321 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | increase 1.501 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | decrease 1.385 million[1] |
| 4 June 1838 | Original station opened, as West Drayton |
| 9 August 1884 | Station re-sited |
| 1895 | Renamed West Drayton and Yiewsley |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed West Drayton |
| Lists of stations | *DLR |
| External links | *Departures
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West Drayton railway station is a railway station serving West Drayton, a western suburb of London, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from Paddington to Reading stations.
History[]
West Drayton station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, and was opened on 4 June 1838 at the same time as the line.[2][3] However the original station was located slightly to the west of the current station, and was relocated to its current position from 9 August 1884 when the branch to Staines was opened.[3][4] From 1 March 1883, the station was served by District Railway services running between Mansion House and Windsor. The service was discontinued as uneconomic after 30 September 1885.[5][6] Template:Uxbridge Branch RDT West Drayton was the junction station for both the Staines branch, and an earlier branch to Uxbridge Vine Street that opened in 1856. The Uxbridge branch closed to passengers in 1962, but part of the line was retained for freight traffic until 1979. The Staines branch closed to passengers in 1965, but the section of the line as far as Colnbrook remains open to freight traffic, latterly for the delivery of materials for the construction of Heathrow Airport's new terminal 5.[4]
From 1895 the station was named West Drayton and Yiewsley; it reverted to the original name West Drayton on 6 May 1974.[3]
Transports Links[]
London bus route 222, 350, U1, U3, U5 and school route 698.
Description[]
West Drayton station is situated to the north of the centre of West Drayton and immediately to the south of the Grand Union Canal, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The station has five platform faces. From south to north there is a platform on the down (away from London) fast line, an island platform with faces on the up fast line and the down relief (slow) line, and an island platform with faces on the up relief line and on a loop line to the north of the up relief originally used by trains on the two branch lines. The platforms on the fast lines see little use, other than when the slow lines are closed for maintenance. Access between the platforms is via steps and a pedestrian underpass. Stockley Park is a large business estate located between Hayes and West Drayton, and is shown on the platform signage.
Ticket facilities[]
Template:Expand section As of October 2008, Oyster "pay as you go" can be used for journeys originating or ending at West Drayton.[7]
Services[]
West Drayton station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between Paddington and Reading Central as well as two trains per hour to Oxford. These services run seven days a week with 4 trains hourly — two from Reading and two from Oxford. Typical journey times are just over 20 minutes to Paddington, and just under 40 minutes to Reading.[8]
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| Iver Langley on Sundays |
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Hayes and Harlington | ||
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| Terminus | {{{{{system}}} lines|{{{line}}}}} | Terminus | ||
Langley towards [[Template:S-line/LUL left/District tube station|Template:S-line/LUL left/District]]
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District line | Hayes & Harlington towards [[Template:S-line/LUL right/District tube station|Template:S-line/LUL right/District]]
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| Disused Railways | ||||
| Colnbrook Estate Halt | Staines & West Drayton Railway Staines West branch |
Terminus | ||
| Cowley | Great Western Railway Uxbridge branch |
Hayes and Harlington | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Template:Citation ORR rail usage data
- ↑ MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, 1 1 (1833-1863), London: Great Western Railway.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 245. R508. ISBN 1 85260 508 1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aerofilms (2006). London's Railways from the Air. Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 3144 4.
- ↑ Rose, Douglas [1980] (December 2007). The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History, 8th, Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978 1 85414 315 0.
- ↑ [1963] (2008) The Story of London's Underground, 10th, Harrow: Capital Transport, 26. ISBN 978 1 85414 316 7.
- ↑ Oyster PAYG on National Rail. National Rail Enquiries (2008-10-20).
- ↑ Train Times. First Great Western. Retrieved on April 12, 2007.
External links[]
- Train times and station information, from National Rail
To learn more about West Drayton check the community website at http://www.ub7.org.
Gallery[]
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