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Southall
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File:Southall station building.JPG
LocationSouthall
Local authorityLondon Borough of Ealing
Managed byFirst Great Western
Station codeSTL
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4

National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05  0.865 million[1]
2005–06File:Decrease2.svg 0.859 million[1]
2006–07File:Increase2.svg 1.558 million[1]
2007–08File:Increase2.svg 1.635 million[1]
2008–09File:Decrease2.svg 1.465 million[1]

1839Opened

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    Template:Portal-inlineCoordinates: 51°30′22″N 0°22′42″W / 51.506°N 0.3783°W / 51.506; -0.3783
    Layout of Southall Station[2]
    Legend
    ↑ 1-4: Reading Central
    ↑ Relief: Southall Down Yard Template:BS7textTemplate:BS-colspanTemplate:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7Template:BS7textTemplate:BS-colspan ↓ 1-4: Paddington
    ↓ A: Southall East Sidings
    ↓ B: Brentford Branch Line
    ↓ Q: Dismantled track to closed Quaker Oats factory

    Southall railway station,[3] 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 Central, Oxford and Newbury, and by Heathrow Connect from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. Southall is one of two stations in England which have bilingual station signage (the other is Wallsend, on the Tyne and Wear Metro). 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.

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    Up freight passing Southall Station in 1961

    History[]

    Southall station was opened on 1 May 1839 by the Great Western Railway. In 1859 the Brentford Branch Line to Brentford Docks was opened for freight,[4] 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.[5][6]

    The goods platforms opened as part of the original station and were closed and dismantled in 1967.[2]

    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 Gasworks development and the landscaping of unused work sites.[8]

    Layout and facilities[]

    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.

    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
    Route Start End Operator
    105 (24-hour) Greenford Station Heathrow Airport First Centrewest
    120 Northolt Hounslow Transdev London
    195 Brentford Hillingdon Heath First Centrewest
    482 Southall Toplocks Estate Heathrow Airport, Terminal 5 Transdev London
    E5 Southall Broadway Perivale First Centrewest
    H32 Hounslow Southall Broadway Transdev London

    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]

    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

    References[]

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    • 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
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    2. 2.0 2.1 Brown, Joe (2009). London Railway Atlas, 2nd, Ian Allan Publishing, 28. ISBN 978-0-7110-3397-9. 
    3. Station Facilities for Southall. National Rail. Retrieved on 23 June 2010.
    4. MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, 1 1 (1833-1863), London: Great Western Railway. 
    5. Rose, Douglas [1980] (December 2007). The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History, 8th, Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978 1 85414 315 0. 
    6. [1963] (2008) The Story of London's Underground, 10th, Harrow: Capital Transport, 26. ISBN 978 1 85414 316 7. 
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    9. Southall Plan. National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
    10. Oyster PAYG on National Rail. National Rail Enquiries (2008-10-20).
    11. Buses from Southall station. Transport for London (2010-02-05). Retrieved on 22 June 2010.
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    External links[]

    Gallery[]

    Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station

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        Future Development    
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    towards [[Template:S-line/LCR left/LCR railway station|Template:S-line/LCR left/LCR]]
    Crossrail
    Line 1
    towards [[Template:S-line/LCR right/LCR railway station|Template:S-line/LCR right/LCR]]
        Historical services    
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    Hayes & Harlington
    towards [[Template:S-line/LUL left/District tube station|Template:S-line/LUL left/District]]
    District line
    Hanwell
    towards [[Template:S-line/LUL right/District tube station|Template:S-line/LUL right/District]]
    Disused railways
    Terminus   Great Western Railway
    Brentford Branch Line
      Trumpers Crossing Halte


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