West Drayton railway station

West Drayton Railway Station

main entrance on London-bound side
Location	West Drayton
Local authority	London Borough of Hillingdon
Managed by	First Great Western
Station code	WDT
Platforms in use	5
Travelcard zone	6
NR 2004/5 usage	0.742 million[1]
NR 2005/6 usage	0.800 million[1]
List of stations	Underground • National Rail
External links	Departures • Facilities
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West Drayton railway station is a railway station serving West Drayton, a western suburb of London, England. The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading stations.

History

West Drayton station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, and was opened in 1838 at the same time as the line. However the original station was located slightly to the west of the current station, and was relocated to its current position in 1884 when the branch to Staines was opened.^[2]

West Drayton was the junction station for both the Staines branch, and an earlier branch to Uxbridge Vine Street that opened in 1856. The Uxbridge branch closed to passengers in 1962, but part of the line was retained for freight traffic until 1979. The Staines branch closed to passengers in 1965, but the section of the line as far as Colnbrook remains open to freight traffic, latterly for the delivery of materials for the construction of Heathrow Airport's new terminal 5.^[2]

Description

West Drayton station is situated to the north of the centre of West Drayton and immediately to the south of the Grand Union Canal, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The station has five platform faces. From south to north there is a platform on the down (away from London) fast line, an island platform with faces on the up fast line and the down relief (slow) line, and an island platform with faces on the up relief line and on a loop line to the north of the up relief originally used by trains on the two branch lines. The platforms on the fast lines see little use, other than when the slow lines are closed for maintenance. Access between the platforms is via steps and a pedestrian underpass. Stockley Park is a large business estate located between Hayes and West Drayton, and is shown on the platform signage.

Services

West Drayton station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between London Paddington and Reading as well as two trains per hour to Oxford. These services run seven days a week with 4 trains hourly - two from Reading and two from Oxford. Typical journey times are just over 20 minutes to Paddington, and just under 40 minutes to Reading.^[3]

Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Iver toward Maidenhead		Crossrail		Hayes & Harlington toward Abbey Wood or Shenfield

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Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Langley towards		District line		Hayes & Harlington towards Upminster

Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch
Legend Uxbridge Vine Street Cowley West Drayton Staines & West Drayton Railway

References

External links

• Train times and station information, from National Rail

Gallery

Slow platforms looking west (fast tracks on the far left). Second slow eastbound platform visible on the far right. It was used by the former Uxbridge and Staines services.

Slow platforms looking east (fast tracks on the far right).

Platform signage indicating proximity to Stockley Park.

Alternative entrance on the westbound side.

Coordinates: 51°30′35.79″N 0°28′20.15″W / 51.5099417, -0.4722639