Brentford (GWR) railway station

Brentford
Site of Brentford GWR Station in 1961
Location
Place	Brentford
Area	Hounslow
Grid reference	TQ171772
Operations
Original company	Great Western and Brentford Railway Company
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR
History
Key dates	Opened 1860 Closed 1942
1915	Wartime economy closure
1920	Re-opened
4 May 1942	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Brentford railway station opened in 1860 on the Brentford Branch Line (the only line of the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company) which had opened in 1859 from Southall to Brentford Dock. It stood immediately north of Brentford High Street (the A315 road) on the embankment leading to the viaduct into the dock. The station closed on 22 March 1915 as a wartime economy measure, re-opened on 12 April 1920 and closed permanently in 1942.The station was demolished in 1957.

In April 2017, it was proposed that the line could reopen to allow a new link between Southall to Hounslow and possibly down to the planned Old Oak Common station with a new station in Brentford called Brentford Golden Mile. The proposals suggest the service could be operated by Great Western Railway and could be open by 2020 with a new service from Southall to Hounslow and possible later to Old Oak Common. It is likely the site would be further up from the original and could have later extension to Brentford station (existing station).

Coordinates: 51°28′57″N 0°18′49″W / 51.4824°N 0.3136°W / 51.4824; -0.3136