Station Name: UXBRIDGE ROAD

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 1.11.1869
Location: The site of the roadside building is lost under the roundabout at the southern end of the A3220 (M41). The line still runs beneath the roundabout.
Company on opening: West London Railway
Date closed to passengers: 21.10.1940
Date closed completely: 21.10.1940
Company on closing: West London Railway
Present state: Demolished - some traces remained at track level but these were removed during the construction of the new Shepherd's Bush Station.
County: London
OS Grid Ref: TQ238799
Date of visit: May 1968

Notes: A temporary station called Norland is believed to have stood on the site in 1864. The West London line remained open to passengers between Clapham Junction and Kensington Olympia but has always remained in use in its entirety as a cross London rail link for freight traffic and empty stock movements and some cross country passenger trains. A shuttle service between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction was reintroduced in the 1990's with West Brompton Station reopening in 1999.

A new station is under construction on the Uxbridge Road site as part of the new White City development. It will be called Shepherds Bush and will incorporate the existing Central Line station. The West London line is also used by Eurostar trains running from their North Pole depot to Waterloo via Clapham Junction. It is due to open in early 2008.

Ticket from Michael Stewart


Uxbridge Road Station in August 1956


Uxbridge Road Station - roadside building in the late 1960's
Photo by J E Connor
Uxbridge Road Station in May 1968
Photo by Nick Catford

Plan for the new Shepherd's Bush Station on the site of the old Uxbridge Road Station
The new Shepherd's Bush station under construction in 2006
on the site of the old Uxbridge Road Station
Photo by Pendar Silwood


1969

1969

1969

Click on thumbnail to enlarge

[Source: Nick Catford]
Home Page
Last updated: Saturday, 08-Mar-2008 06:30:54 GMT
© 1998-2007 Disused Stations