View of Westbourne Park station, from the ex-12.35 Heathrow Terminal 4 to Abbey Wood Elizabeth Line train, on Sunday, 6th November 2022. The Hammersmith & City Line had opened jointly between the Metropolitan and Great Western on 13th June 1864 with Westbourne Park added on 1st February 1866. On 30th October 1871, the GWR provided a station here with the H & C station re-sited to provide an interchange. However, the GWR platforms had a 30mph speed restriction and in 1990, when the Heathrow Express was about to be inaugurated, BR decided this was unacceptable but, instead of modifying the platforms, closed and demolished them. This view looks to the surviving H & C station with, in the foreground, the site of the demolished main line platforms. On the bridge, the building shows the blocked off staircase entrance to the former down main line platform, now in the disused part of the station.

Location: Westbourne Park (former)

Original line: Great Western Railway

Photographer: David Bosher

Contact photographer: David Bosher

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Photosets: Disused London stations 1981-2023  

Date: 06/11/2022

Image number: 83316

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