Isleworth railway station explained

Isleworth
Manager:South Western Railway
Fare Zone:4
Locale:Isleworth
Borough:London Borough of Hounslow
Platforms:2
Symbol:rail
Railexits0405:0.264
Railexits0506: 0.303
Railexits0607: 0.677
Railexits0708: 0.850
Railexits0809: 0.813
Railexits0910: 0.849
Railexits1011: 0.979
Railexits1112: 1.065
Railexits1213: 1.127
Railexits1314: 1.152
Railexits1415: 1.230
Railexits1516: 1.442
Railexits1617: 1.446
Railexits1718: 1.375 -->
Railexits1819: 1.399
Railexits1920: 1.303
Railexits2021: 0.368
Railexits2122: 0.697
Railexits2223: 0.780
Railcode:ISL
Coordinates:51.4749°N -0.337°W
Dft Category:F1
Original:London and South Western Railway
Pregroup:London and South Western Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years2:1 October 1855
Years3:August 1911
Years4:?
Events1:Opened as Isleworth
Events2:Renamed Isleworth and Spring Grove
Events3:Renamed Isleworth for Spring Grove
Events4:Renamed Isleworth

Isleworth railway station is located in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 19 km (12 mi) west-southwest of London Waterloo. The unmanned station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

A temporary station east of Wood Lane, 400 metres east-northeast of the current site, opened as "Hounslow" on 22 August 1849 to allow a service to run until the bridges, embankment, and station buildings were completed. The name was changed to "Smallberry Green" after four months.[1] The present station opened on 1 February 1850 as "Isleworth". It was renamed Spring Grove & Isleworth in 1855 and reverted to Isleworth in August 1911.

On 5 May 2023, work began on a £3 million project to improve the station and install lifts to enable step-free access to all platforms. The work is expected to be complete by early 2024.[2]

Amenities and set-up

The two facing platform lengths at Isleworth are constrained by a bridge over a road at each end and front-seven-doors opening is used for most rolling stock. Forerunner 8-car slam door trains fitted the platform lengths, as at two other stations along the line. A commercial street adjoins the station becoming Hounslow High Street within 500 metres, to the west. The more suburban district of Isleworth is primarily south-west of the station, comprising the "Woodlands" or "Worton" estate and a medieval riverside hub of Old Isleworth for which the railway station is the same distance as Syon Lane. Those parts of Isleworth north and east tend to be termed Spring Grove.

Services

All services at Isleworth are operated by South Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Additional services, including trains to and from London Waterloo via call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction and westbound trains run to and from instead of Weybridge.

Connections

London Buses routes 117, 235, 237, E8, H37, and night route N9 serve the station.

Notes and References

  1. V. Mitchell and K. Smith, Kingston and Hounslow Loops, Middleton Press, 1900,
  2. Web site: Booth . Janine . 10 May 2023 . Accessibility improvements for West London station . 11 May 2023 . RailAdvent . en-GB.