Staines High Street railway station

Staines High Street railway station was a railway station that formerly served the town of Staines (now Staines-upon-Thames), on the Windsor & Eton line of the London and South Western Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1884 and closed on 30 January 1916^[1]^[2] It was built to serve Staines for trains to and from the west using a short chord connecting the Windsor line to the line from Staines to Reading.

When passenger services were removed, the chord remained in use for occasional freight traffic until 1965, after which the chord embankment was demolished.^[3] A car park stands on the site of the chord and no traces of the station remain.

References

^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 400. OCLC 931112387.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ "STAINES HIGH STREET". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

External links

51°26′07″N 0°30′33″W / 51.4353°N 0.5093°W / 51.4353; -0.5093

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[1] Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 400. OCLC 931112387.

[2] Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[3] "STAINES HIGH STREET". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2023.

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