Isleworth railway station

Isleworth
Isleworth
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Location	Isleworth
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South Western Railway
Station code(s)	ISL
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2017–18	1.375 million
2018–19	1.399 million
2019–20	1.303 million
2020–21	0.368 million
2021–22	0.697 million
Railway companies
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1850	Opened as Isleworth
1 October 1855	Renamed Isleworth and Spring Grove
August 1911	Renamed Isleworth for Spring Grove
?	Renamed Isleworth
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°28′30″N 0°20′13″W / 51.4749°N 0.337°W
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Isleworth railway station is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 19 km (12 mi) west-southwest of London Waterloo. The unmanned station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

A temporary station east of Wood Lane, 400 metres east-northeast of the current site, opened as "Hounslow" on 22 August 1849 to allow a service to run until the bridges, embankment, and station buildings were completed. The name was changed to "Smallberry Green" after four months.^[2] The present station opened on 1 February 1850 as "Isleworth". It was renamed Spring Grove & Isleworth in 1855 and reverted to Isleworth in August 1911.

On 5 May 2023, work began on a £3 million project to improve the station and install lifts to enable step-free access to all platforms. The work is expected to be complete by early 2024.^[3]

Amenities and set-up

The two facing platform lengths at Isleworth are constrained by a bridge over a road at each end and front-seven-doors opening is used for most rolling stock. Forerunner 8-car slam door trains fitted the platform lengths, as at two other stations along the line. A commercial street adjoins the station becoming Hounslow High Street within 500 metres, to the west. The more suburban district of Isleworth is primarily south-west of the station, comprising the "Woodlands" or "Worton" estate and a medieval riverside hub of Old Isleworth for which the railway station is the same distance as Syon Lane. Those parts of Isleworth north and east tend to be termed Spring Grove.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is:

4 direct to Waterloo via Brentford
2 circuitously to Waterloo via Hounslow and Richmond
2 to Weybridge

On Sundays two trains per hour run to and from London Waterloo, one of which continues to Woking and the other to Twickenham, and following stations back to Waterloo including Kingston and Wimbledon.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Syon Lane		South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line		Hounslow

Service expansion schemes

Two early 21st century proposals short of political pledge stage, or Network Rail proposals, exist for the Hounslow Loop Line, further details of which are mentioned at Syon Lane.

Connections

London Buses routes 117, 235, 237, E8, H37, and night route N9 serve the station.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ V. Mitchell and K. Smith, Kingston and Hounslow Loops, Middleton Press, 1900, ISBN 0-906520-83-5
^ Booth, Janine (10 May 2023). "Accessibility improvements for West London station". RailAdvent. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

Train times and station information for Isleworth railway station from National Rail

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-1] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[2] V. Mitchell and K. Smith, Kingston and Hounslow Loops, Middleton Press, 1900, ISBN 0-906520-83-5

[3] Booth, Janine (10 May 2023). "Accessibility improvements for West London station". RailAdvent. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

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