Brentford is a railway station in the town of

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

, in

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, London. It is on the Hounslow Loop Line and in

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. The station and all trains serving it are operated by

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. It was the main station for

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's former ground

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, 400 metres east. The modest High Street of the suburb of

(characterized by wide-ranging businesses and light industrial parks) is 300 metres south-east. Brentford Central Station 1895133 b8c3b413

Services

All services at Brentford are operated by

. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to via 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.

History

Brentford railway station was opened in 1849 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in a period of mainly passenger use. An unlinked perpendicular line, the Brentford Dock line operated between 1859 and 1964, mainly for goods and waste transfer. The Dock Line between 1860 and 1942 ran a passenger service into passenger terminus Brentford (GWR) railway station. Between 1950 and 1980 Brentford station was named Brentford Central station. When multi-national pharmaceutical and retail company

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opened its Global HQ 500 metres west, GSK House in 2001 after two years of construction, it contributed towards modernisation of the station. Between 22 May 2000 and 28 September 2002, the station was served by the

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service provided by

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Connections

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routes

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, E2 and E8 serve the station.

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