Brentford railway station
Brentford is a railway station in the town of Brentford, in Hounslow, London. It is on the Hounslow Loop Line and in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. It was the main station for Brentford F.C.'s former ground Griffin Park, 400 metres east. The modest High Street of the suburb of Brentford (characterized by wide-ranging businesses and light industrial parks) is 300 metres south-east.
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Brentford Location of Brentford in Greater London | |
| Location | Brentford |
| Local authority | London Borough of Hounslow |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | BFD |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2017–18 | 1.768 million[1] |
| 2018–19 | 1.763 million[1] |
| 2019–20 | 1.720 million[1] |
| 2020–21 | 0.414 million[1] |
| 2021–22 | 0.806 million[1] |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′15″N 0°18′35″W / 51.4875°N 0.3096°WCoordinates: 51°29′15″N 0°18′35″W / 51.4875°N 0.3096°W |
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Services
The typical off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is:
- 4 direct to Waterloo via Chiswick
- 2 circuitously to Waterloo via Hounslow and Richmond
- 2 to Weybridge
The Sunday service is one train per hour each way: London Waterloo – Woking and the same serving Waterloo, Brentford, Twickenham, Kingston, Wimbledon and Waterloo and all intermediate stops each way.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Kew Bridge | South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line | Syon Lane | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Feltham | Anglia Railways London Crosslink | West Hampstead | ||
History
Brentford railway station was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in a period of mainly passenger use. An unlinked perpendicular line, the Brentford Dock line operated between 1859 and 1964, mainly for goods and waste transfer. The Dock Line between 1860 and 1942 ran a passenger service into passenger terminus Brentford (GWR) railway station.[2]
Between 1950 and 1980 Brentford station was named Brentford Central station. When multi-national pharmaceutical and retail company Glaxo Smith Kline opened its Global HQ 500 metres west, GSK House in 2001 after two years of construction,[3] it contributed towards modernisation of the station.[quantify]
Between 22 May 2000 and 28 September 2002, the station was served by the London Crosslink service provided by Anglia Railways.
Connections
London Buses routes 195 and E8 – E denotes Ealing – serve the station. Bus E2 stops nearby.
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Brentford railway station from National Rail