Kew Bridge railway station is a railway station in Brentford, the London Borough of Hounslow, and is in London fare zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway. The station was named after the nearby Kew Bridge.
History
The station was built by the Windsor, Staines and South Western Railway (WS&SWR) and was opened on 22 August 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), which had absorbed the WS&SWR whilst that railway was under construction. Originally named Kew, it was renamed Kew Bridge on 1 January 1869. 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 built additional Kew Bridge platforms (which were closed in 1940), the LSWR having constructed the eastern curve itself.
The Grade II listed large station building, designed by Sir William Tite, is now a coffee shop.
Network Rail is planning to build a new footbridge and lifts at the station, as well as a new entrance on the north side, improving access to Brentford Community Stadium.
Present 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 two active platforms and two disused platforms: Platform 2: Trains to Brentford, Hounslow and Weybridge Platform 1: Trains to Chiswick, Barnes, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo Platform 3: Disused, served trains via South Acton Platform 4: Disused, served trains from South Acton continuing via Chiswick.
There are currently no passenger services on the eastern and western curves,loveplums page on Kew Bridge stationLondon's Abandoned Tube Stations: Kew Bridge but both have been proposed by the London Borough of Hounslow for Crossrail and also for Overground Orbirail.
Proposals 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.Corridor 7: Crossrail to Hounslow 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.
Services All services at Kew Bridge are operated by South Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to via 2 tph to via
Additional services, including trains to and from London Waterloo via call at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and westbound trains run to and from instead of Weybridge.
Connections London Buses routes 65, 110, 237, 267, night routes N9 and N65 serve the station.
See also Kew Bridge Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Kew Gardens station (London)
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