RAILSCOT | Hanwell

Station

Hanwell (1838-1896)
Hanwell and Elthorne (1896-1974)
Hanwell (1974-)

Station code: HAN National Rail
Where: London and South East, England
Opened on the Great Western Railway.
Opened on the Greenford Loop (Great Western Railway).

Nearby stations Drayton Green Trumpets Crossing Halt West Ealing Castle Bar Park Boston Manor Northfields [1st] Northfields South Greenford South Ealing Ealing Broadway Ealing Broadway Southall Perivale (LPTB) Perivale Halt Osterley and Spring Grove	West Ealing Junction Brentford Goods Greenford South Loop Junction Greenford East Loop Junction Hanger Lane Junction Old Kew Junction London Transport Museum Depot - Acton Acton Town Junction Lampton Junction Brentford Dock Kew East Junction Kingsley Road Junction New Kew Junction Chiswick Junction Bollo Lane Junction
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

04/06/1838	Great Western Railway First part of Great Western Railway opened from Paddington [1st] to Maidenhead [1st] opened. Stations on this section at: Paddington [1st], Royal Oak, Westbourne Park, Acton, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Hanwell and Elthorne, Southall, Hayes and Harlington, West Drayton and Yiewsley, Iver, Langley, Slough, Burham, Taplow, and Maidenhead [1st] .
06/04/1839	Great Western Railway Cooke and Wheatstone 5 needle system electric telegraph installed between Paddington [1st] and Hanwell. This was the first commercial telegraph line (and in fact first commercial use of electricity) and the public were able to pay to send messages.