Kew Bridge railway station

Kew Bridge station building, current entrance to the right.

The station was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). The starting category (Grade II) listed large station building, designed by Sir William Tite,[2] is now a coffee shop.[2] The North & South Western Junction Railway in a spirit of affording LSWR access to Fenchurch Street operated its admittedly rival 'Kew' station (1853-1866) on the western curve. From 1862 the companies cooperated: the junction railway company building additional Kew Bridge platforms (closed 1940), the LSWR having constructed the eastern curve itself.

The station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is on the southern and eastern curves of the Kew Bridge railway triangle, although the eastern curve platforms are abandoned. The station building was extensively refurbished in June 2013, with the platforms reached by a side walkway.

The station has 2 active platforms and 2 disused platforms:

• Platform 2: Trains to Brentford, Hounslow and Weybridge
• Platform 1: Trains to Chiswick, Barnes, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo
• Platform 3: Currently disused, served trains via South Acton
• Platform 4: Currently disused, served trains from South Acton continuing via Chiswick.

There are currently no passenger services on the eastern and western curves,[3][4] but both have been proposed by the London Borough of Hounslow for Crossrail and also for Zone 3 Overground Orbirail.[5] The football stadium redevelopment plan includes space for additional platforms on the other curves.

Briefly, between 2000 and 2002, Anglia Railways ran trains originating from the Great Eastern Main Line via the North London Line and the western curve as far as Basingstoke. This was termed the "Crosslink" service.

Britain's largest foldable cycle manufacturer, Brompton Bicycle, is based behind the station, along the northeast edge of the railway triangle. Nearby attractions include the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the London Museum of Water & Steam and the Musical Museum, Brentford.

Hounslow Council proposed that Crossrail services from the east have the option of terminating at Hounslow as well as Reading by a mix of existing line and new connections.[6] This proposal was rejected.

Other plans have been drafted and floated to Network Rail for reinstatement of track on the curves and direct services for Brentford Football Club's development of its Lionel Road stadium.

The typical off-peak weekday service in trains per hour is

• 6 to London Waterloo of which
  • 4 run direct via Putney and
  • 2 run circuitously via Brentford
• 2 to Weybridge.

On Sundays there is one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Woking via Feltham and one train per hour in each direction between Waterloo and Twickenham, Kingston, Wimbledon and Waterloo via Hounslow.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chiswick		South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line		Brentford

London Buses routes 65, 237, 267 and 391 and night routes N9 and N65 serve the station.

• Kew Bridge
• Kew
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Kew Gardens station (London)

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• Train times and station information for Kew Bridge railway station from National Rail