Perivale Halt railway station explained

Perivale Halt
Locale:Perivale
Borough:London Borough of Ealing
Original:Great Western Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Platforms:2
Coordinates:51.5371°N -0.325°W
Gridref:TQ162833
Years1:1 May 1904
Events1:Opened
Years2:1 February 1915
Events2:Closed
Years3:29 March 1920
Events3:Re-opened
Years5:15 June 1947
Events5:Closed
Replace:Perivale

Perivale Halt railway station was a station on the New North Main Line of the Great Western Railway. It served the London suburb of Perivale from 1904 to 1947,[1] when it was replaced by Perivale station on the Central line of the London Underground.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 1 May 1904, originally being named Perivale.[2] It had long wooden platforms, and pagoda huts, on an embankment reached by sloping paths west of Horsenden Lane South. The steam "push-and-pull" passenger service ran to Paddington (Bishop's Road), the line was shared with freight, and express trains to Birmingham (2 hours, non-stop). Until the late 1920s, Perivale was entirely rural, despite its proximity to Ealing. A similar halt was at before it was modernised by Network SouthEast.

The station closed temporarily on 1 February 1915, reopening on 29 March 1920; and on 10 July 1922 was renamed Perivale Halt. It closed permanently on 15 June 1947, in advance of the opening of the extension of the Central line from North Acton to Greenford on 30 June 1947.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Quick, M. E.. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 339. 931112387.
  2. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 184 .