Cowley
Site of the station in 1986
General information
LocationEngland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1904Opened
10 September 1962Closed[1]
Uxbridge (Vine Street) Branch Line
 Uxbridge Vine Street
1856–1962
 Cowley
1904–1962
Grand Junction Canal
West Drayton
Great Western Main Line
Left arrow Reading │ Paddington Right arrow
Staines & West Drayton Railway

Cowley Railway Station was a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Great Western Railway in Cowley, London.

The station was opened to serve the small settlement of Cowley. It opened in 1904, nearly fifty years after the rest of the line from West Drayton had been constructed.[2] It was the only intermediate station on the line, situated between Uxbridge Vine Street and West Drayton railway station. It closed to passengers on 10 September 1962, along with the remainder of the branch, but freight trains went through to Uxbridge Vine Street until 1964. Only the stretch of the line from West Drayton Station to the Grand Union Canal survived longer. This was for a freight service to the Middlesex Oil and Chemical Works in Yiewsley which stopped in 1979.

Cowley station has since been demolished and built over, and today there are only a few signs of its former existence, including a railway bridge and "Station Road".[3] The station had two platforms, a station building on the southbound platform and a small shelter (also pre-1940, a ticket machine) on the other.[4]

It was once part of early 20th century plans for a longer rail line from Denham to Staines via Uxbridge and West Drayton but the section linking Uxbridge High Street railway station and a point south of Uxbridge Vine Street was not built.

The site is now occupied by Brunel University.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ "Disused Stations Site Record - Cowley". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "West Drayton - Uxbridge Vine Street". abandonedstations.org.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Railway Magazine March 1952 p. 148
  5. ↑ https://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/our-history/memorials/documents/pdf/cutting.pdf
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Uxbridge Vine Street
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Uxbridge branch		   West Drayton
Line closed, station open

51°31′46″N 0°28′35″W / 51.5295°N 0.4763°W / 51.5295; -0.4763

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