Southall railway station
| Punjabi: ਸਾਊਥਾਲ | |
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 Southall
Location of Southall in Greater London |
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| Location | Southall |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Station code | STL |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 | 0.865 million[1] |
| 2005–06 |  0.859 million[1] |
| 2006–07 |  1.558 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 1.635 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | 1.465 million[1] |
| 2009–10 | 1.338 million[1] |
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| 1839 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′22″N 0°22′42″W / 51.506°N 0.3783°W | |
Southall railway station,[2] is in Southall in west London, England. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4 and passenger services are provided by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading, Oxford and Newbury, and by Heathrow Connect from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. Southall is one of three stations in England which have bilingual station signage, the others being Wallsend, on the Tyne and Wear Metro (which also uses Latin), and St Pancras International (French). Station signs on the platforms bear "Southall" and also "ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ" in Gurmukhī, a script commonly used for Punjabi. Some station information notices have been provided in Punjabi.[why?]
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[edit] History
Southall station was opened on 1 May 1839 by the Great Western Railway. In 1859 the Brentford Branch Line to Brentford Dock was opened for freight,[3] a passenger service ran on the branch from 1860 until 1942, using the unnumbered platform at the south of the station whose line is now only used as a relief line. From 1 March 1883 to 30 September 1885 (when the service was discontinued as uneconomic) the Metropolitan District Railway ran trains at the station; these ran between Mansion House and Windsor.[4][5]
The goods platforms opened as part of the original station and were closed and dismantled in 1967.[6]
[edit] Future
In proposals for the construction of Crossrail Southall station would be rebuilt north of the present station, with step-free access, increased capacity, platforms 3 and 4 widened and extended, and a footbridge connecting the platforms.[7] On 16 March 2010, as part of the new station design process, the Crossrail Specialist Scrutiny Panel recommended that consideration should be given to potential future regeneration developments in the area, including the Southall Gas Works development and the landscaping of unused work sites.[8]
[edit] Layout and facilities
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Southall railway station has five platforms, one of which is unnumbered and used only for freight and special events. Access to all platforms is only by stairs. In normal circumstances platforms 1 and 2, on the fast lines, and the unnumbered platform are not used by passengers, platforms 3 and 4 are used by all trains serving the station. A footbridge over the slow lines gives access to platforms 3 and 4, while a gate prevents access to the other three. The station building, above the fast lines, has a ticket office and a newsagent's shop.[9]
Oyster "pay as you go" has been available since October 2008 for journeys to or from Southall.[10] Although Southall is a busy station automatic ticket barriers have not replaced manual ticket checks.
[edit] Bus links
London Buses routes 105, 120, 195, 482, E5 and H32 serve Southall Station.[11]
| List of London Buses services serving Southall railway station | |||
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| Route | Start | End | Operator |
| 105 (24-hour) | Greenford Station | Heathrow Airport | Metroline |
| 120 | Northolt | Hounslow | London United |
| 195 | Brentford | Hillingdon Heath | First Centrewest |
| 482 | Southall Toplocks Estate | Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 | London United |
| E5 | Southall Broadway | Perivale | First Centrewest |
| H32 | Hounslow | Southall Broadway | London United |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
On 19 September 1997, a Great Western Trains passenger train from Swansea to London Paddington collided with a freight train, killing six people and injuring 150 others.[12]
In 2007, analysis by First Great Western after several deaths at Southall station found that a third of railway suicides on English and Welsh railways occurred on the line between Slough and Paddington.[13]
[edit] See also
- Southall Railway Centre–a heritage railway centre, based in part of the former Southall locomotive depot (visible from the station: to the south of the main line, looking towards Paddington). It is home to the GWR Preservation Group.
- Southall East Junction
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ "Station Facilities for Southall". National Rail. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/STL.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. 1 (1833-1863) (1 ed.). London: Great Western Railway.
- ^ Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978 1 85414 315 0.
- ^ Day, John R.; Reed, John (2008) [1963]. The Story of London's Underground (10th ed.). Harrow: Capital Transport. p. 26. ISBN 978 1 85414 316 7.
- ^ Brown, Joe (2009). London Railway Atlas (2nd ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7110-3397-9.
- ^ "Crossrail Context Report (PDF)", London Borough of Ealing Section (Crossrail): pp. 12/16, October 2009, http://www.crossrail.co.uk/assets/library/document/c/original/context_report_lb_ealing.pdf, retrieved 23 June 2010
- ^ Unwin, Kevin, "Crossrail Specialist Scrutiny Panel 2009/2010", Draft Final Report (London Borough of Ealing): pp. 36–40, http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/council/committees/agendas_minutes_reports/scrutiny/crossrail_specialist_scrutiny_panel/19may2009-24may2010/16_March_10/Item_8_-_Draft_Final_Report.pdf, retrieved 23 June 2010
- ^ "Southall Plan". National Rail Enquiries. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/STL/plan.html. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ "Oyster PAYG on National Rail". National Rail Enquiries. 2008-10-20. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/OysterPAYG.pdf.
- ^ "Buses from Southall station". Transport for London. 2010-02-05. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/southallstation-2439.pdf. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ Wolmar, Christian (20 September 1997). "Southall, 1.15pm, Friday 19 September 1997. It's happened again.". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/southall-115pm-friday-19-september-1997-its-happened-again-1240019.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ Owen, Glen; Oliver Wadeson (22 September 2007). "'Abused' Asian women behind soaring toll of railway suicides". The Daily Mail (Associated Newspapers). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-483315/Abused-Asian-women-soaring-toll-railway-suicides.html. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- Baker, T.F.T., Cockburn, J.S. and Pugh, R.B. (Eds) (1971) "Norwood, including Southall: Introduction", A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner, Victoria County History online, p. 40-43, accessed 20 October 2007
- Mitchell V. and Smith, K. (2000) "2. Brentford Branch, Southall", In: Branch Lines of West London, Midhurst : Middleton Press, ISBN 1-901706-50-8, p. 16-23
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Southall railway station from National Rail
[edit] Gallery
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Slow platforms looking west
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Slow platforms looking east
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Fast tracks looking west
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Fast tracks looking east
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Station name in English and Gurmukhi (Punjabi).
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"Welcome to Southall" at the station entrance, English and Gurmukhi (Punjabi).
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| Hanwell or Ealing Broadway |
First Great Western Great Western Main Line |
Hayes & Harlington | ||
| Hanwell Ealing Broadway on Sundays |
Heathrow Connect Paddington - Heathrow |
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| Preceding station | Crossrail | Following station | ||
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towards Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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Crossrail Line 1 |
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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Following station | ||
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towards Windsor
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District line |
towards Mansion House
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| Terminus | Great Western Railway Brentford Branch Line |
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- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
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- Railway stations opened in 1839
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