Notes: It was never intended to build a terminus at Uxbridge High Street. Early in the 20th century the GWR proposed to extend the West Drayton branch in a loop around the west side of Uxbridge to a junction with their line at Denham. The existing station at Uxbridge (Vine Street) was to be closed with a new station built on the west side of the town. Following local discussions a route running close to the town centre was authorised in 1899. This included a station on the north side of Uxbridge High Street from where the line would cross the road on an iron girder bridge and then run on an embankment and in a cutting round to the West Drayton branch close to Uxbridge Station

This 1920 OS map shows the High Street bridge

Work started in 1900 but at the same time the Metropolitan Railway was also extending into Uxbridge with their station at Belmont Road opening in 1904. As a result of this, the GWR revised its plans and the line was for the time being terminated at Uxbridge High Street. From here a short length of viaduct took the line to a two span iron girder bridge over the High Street (now Oxford Road). Here work stopped, never to be restarted. Uxbridge High Street was built as a temporary wooden structure on an embankment on the north west side of the line. A street level building was provided at the end of the short viaduct.

Uxbridge High Street Station opened on 1st May 1907 but was immediately a failure attracting little passenger traffic. Initially the station had no freight facilities until 1914 when a small goods yard was built at street level close to the station. The same year powers to extend the line southwards were allowed to lapse.

Despite the new freight service the branch did not fare well. It was singled in 1916 and the station was closed on 1.1.1917 as a wartime economy measure. It reopened on 3.5.1920 but only with a weekday service. In 1922 the bridge over the High Street was removed although the shorter span over the street level building remained in place until the 1950's. In 1937 the platform was shortened as the line was now only served by single car auto-trains. Once again the station was closed as a economy measure at the start of WW2 but after the war it never reopened.

Despite it's wooden construction the the platform and station building survived for many years in a very depilated state and they were eventually demolished in 1955, the track into the station was lifted the following year. The freight service continued until 1964. The embankment running north from the station was demolished in 1967 but the short length of viaduct survived until at least the mid 1970's. The site has now been completely cleared and is occupied by the Parexel office block. A recent extension to Sanderson Road now follows the former line of the embankment to the north and the area is awaiting further development.

Further reading: GWR Disused Stations in Greater London by J.E. Connor - Connor & Butler 2000 ISBN 0 947699 31 7