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Gunnersbury is located in Greater London

Gunnersbury

Gunnersbury



Location of Gunnersbury in Greater London

Location Gunnersbury
Local authority London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by London Underground[1]
Owner Network Rail
Station code GUN
DfT category D
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013
Decrease 4.55 million[2]
2014
Increase 5.41 million[2]
2015
Increase 5.41 million[2]
2016
Increase 5.78 million[2]
2017
Decrease 5.71 million[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14
Increase 2.386 million[3]
2014–15
Increase 2.575 million[3]
2015–16
Decrease 2.463 million[3]
2016–17
Increase 2.536 million[3]
2017–18
Decrease 2.526 million[3]
Key dates
1869 Opened (L&SWR)
1869 Started (NLR)
1870 Started and Ended (GWR)
1877 Started (MR and DR)
1894 Started (GWR)
1906 Ended (MR)
1910 Ended (GWR)
1916 Ended (L&SWR)
Other information
Lists of stations

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External links

  • TfL station info page

  • Departures

  • Layout

  • Facilities

  • Buses
WGS84
51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°W / 51.4918; -0.275Coordinates: 51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°W / 51.4918; -0.275

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Gunnersbury is a National Rail station in Gunnersbury in London, England on the North London line. The station opened in 1869 and is now managed by London Underground Limited which is classed as an open access operator between Richmond and Action Lane Junction with LU purchasing individual slots on the North London line from Network Rail. It is served by District line trains to and from Richmond, and by Arriva Rail London on the London Overground network.[4] On the District line the station is between Turnham Green and Kew Gardens, and on the North London line it is between South Acton and Kew Gardens.


The station is located off Chiswick High Road (A315) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Services


  • 3 Connections


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History


The station was opened as Brentford Road on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond built from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now closed curve and Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed). A short connection was also made from the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) line to Brentford meeting the L&SWR line immediately north of the station. This line was served by the North London Railway (NLR).


Brentford Road station originally had four platforms; two on the line to Richmond and two serving a loop (the Chiswick Curve) which connected to the line through Kew Bridge station.


Between 1 June 1870 and 31 October 1870 the Great Western Railway (GWR) briefly ran services from Paddington to Richmond via Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Gunnersbury.


The station was given its current name in 1871.


On 1 June 1877, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened a short extension from its terminus at Hammersmith to connect to the L&SWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park station. The DR then began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. On 1 October 1877, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station.


The DR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than the NLR's route via Willesden Junction, the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's other route from Richmond via Clapham Junction. From 1 January 1894, the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service and served Gunnersbury once again, meaning that passengers from Gunnersbury could travel on the services of five operators.


Following the electrification of the DR's own tracks north of Acton Town in 1903, the DR funded the electrification of the tracks through Gunnersbury. The tracks on the Richmond branch were electrified on 1 August 1905. Whilst DR services were operated with electric trains, the L&SWR, NLR, GWR and MR services continued to be steam hauled.


MR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1906 and GWR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1910 leaving operations at Gunnersbury to the DR (by then known as the District Railway), the NLR and L&SWR. By 1916, the L&SWR's route through Hammersmith was being out-competed by the District to such a degree that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916, leaving the District as the sole operator over that route.


In 1932, the Chiswick Curve was closed and the tracks were later removed. The site of the curve is now a housing estate known as Chiswick Village.




District line train for Richmond in 1955


On 8 December 1954 the station was damaged by a tornado which ripped off the roof and injured six people.[5]


In the 1960s the station was redeveloped with just the two platforms it currently possesses. The London Overground and London Underground services share the same tracks.




Services


Gunnersbury currently has the following National Rail (London Overground) London Underground (District Line) services, which are operated by Class 378, and S Stock


London Underground

Off-peak:



  • 6tph to Upminster

  • 6tph to Richmond


London Overground

Off-peak (including Sundays):[6]



  • 4tph to Stratford

  • 4tph to Richmond



Connections


London Buses routes 237, 267, 391, 440 and H91 and night route N9 serve the station.



References






  1. ^ abcde "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.


  2. ^ abcde "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.


  3. ^ "London Overground Signs Standard – Issue 3" (PDF). Transport for London. 3 August 2009. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.


  4. ^ History of UK Weather - 1954 Archived 4 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine.Photo of wreckage of Gunnersbury Station


  5. ^ Table 59 National Rail timetable, May 2016




External links








  • Train times and station information for Gunnersbury station from National Rail


  • London Transport Museum Photographic Archive

    • Gunnersbury station, 1928

    • Gunnersbury station, 1955

    • View of platform, 2001

    • Station Entrance, 2001





































































Preceding station
  
Overground roundel (no text).svgNational Rail logo.svg London Overground
  
 Following station

Kew Gardens

towards Richmond

 North London Line
South Acton

towards Stratford

Underground no-text.svg London Underground

Kew Gardens

towards Richmond
District line
North London Line
Turnham Green

towards Upminster
 
Former services
  

Kew Gardens
towards Richmond
  
London and South Western Railway
(1869-1916)
  
Turnham Green
towards West Brompton
 
Metropolitan Railway
(1877-1906)
  
Turnham Green
towards Paddington
 
Great Western Railway
(1894-1910)
  
 
Abandoned Plans
  

Underground no-text.svg London Underground

Kew Gardens

towards Richmond
Central line
(1913)
Heathfield Terrace

towards Liverpool Street

Central line
(1920)
Turnham Green

towards Liverpool Street













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