Hanwell

Location type

Station

Names and dates

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).



Chronology Dates

04/06/1838Great 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] .
06/04/1839Great 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.

Books


A History of the Great Western Railway

An Illustrated History of Great Western Diesel Railcars

Great Western Railway Then and Now

Great Western Railway: A History

The Great Western Railway Volume One: Paddington to Bristol: 1

The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years (GWR)