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
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exeter ...
.
History
The station was opened on 1 July 1884 and closed on 30 January 1916
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 the mid-1960s after which the chord embankment was removed. A car park stands on the site of the chord and no traces of the station remain.
References
External links
AirTrack website
Disused railway stations in Surrey
Former London and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916
Staines-upon-Thames
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