Perivale Halt railway station
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Perivale Halt | |
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Location | Perivale |
Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
Grid reference | TQ162833 |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1904 | Opened |
1 February 1915 | Closed |
29 March 1920 | Re-opened |
15 June 1947 | Closed |
Replaced by | Perivale |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°32′14″N 0°19′30″W / 51.5371°N 0.3250°W |
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Perivale Halt railway station was a station on the New North Main Line of the Great Western Railway. It served the London suburb of Perivale from 1904 to 1947,[1] when it was replaced by Perivale station on the Central line of the London Underground.
History
[edit]The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 May 1904, originally being named Perivale.[2] It had long wooden platforms, and pagoda huts, on an embankment reached by sloping paths west of Horsenden Lane South. The steam "push-and-pull" passenger service ran to Paddington (Bishop's Road), the line was shared with freight, and express trains to Birmingham (2 hours, non-stop). Until the late 1920s, Perivale was entirely rural, despite its proximity to Ealing. A similar halt was at South Greenford before it was modernised by Network SouthEast.
The station closed temporarily on 1 February 1915, reopening on 29 March 1920; and on 10 July 1922 was renamed Perivale Halt. It closed permanently on 15 June 1947,[2] in advance of the opening of the extension of the Central line from North Acton to Greenford on 30 June 1947.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Connor, J.E.; Halford, B.L. The forgotten Stations of Greater London. Connor and Butler. p. 77. ISBN 0-947699-17-1. - shows a Lens of Sutton photograph of the station
External links
[edit]Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Greenford Line closed- station open |
Great Western Railway New North Main Line |
Twyford Abbey Halt (1904-1911) Brentham for North Ealing and Greystoke Park (1911-1947) Line and station closed | ||
South Greenford Line closed, station open |