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Gunnersbury
North-east bound view of District line station platforms as seen in June 2012
GunnersburyLocation of Gunnersbury in Greater London
Location	Gunnersbury
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	GUN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	5.52 million
2020	2.18 million
2021	1.97 million
2022	3.87 million
2023	4.05 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	2.389 million
2020–21	0.664 million
2021–22	1.318 million
2022–23	1.776 million
2023–24	2.017 million
Key dates
1 January 1869	Opened (L&SWR)
1 January 1869	Started (NLR)
1870	Started and Ended (GWR)
1 June 1877	Started (MR and DR)
1 January 1894	Started (GWR)
31 December 1906	Ended (MR)
31 December 1910	Ended (GWR)
1916	Ended (L&SWR)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°W / 51.4918; -0.275
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Gunnersbury is an interchange station in Gunnersbury, London, situated on the District line of the London Underground and the Mildmay line of the London Overground. The station is located off Chiswick High Road (A315) and opened on 1 January 1869.

The station is located in Travelcard Zone 3. On the District line, the station is between Turnham Green and Kew Gardens; and on the Mildmay line, it is between South Acton and Kew Gardens.

History

The station was opened as Brentford Road on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond built from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now closed curve and Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed). A short connection was also made from the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) line to Brentford meeting the L&SWR line immediately north of the station. This line was served by the North London Railway (NLR).

Brentford Road station originally had four platforms; two on the line to Richmond and two serving a loop (the Chiswick Curve) which connected to the line through Kew Bridge station.

Between 1 June 1870 and 31 October 1870 the Great Western Railway (GWR) briefly ran services from Paddington to Richmond via Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Gunnersbury.

The station was given its current name in 1871.

On 1 June 1877, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened a short extension from its terminus at Hammersmith to connect to the L&SWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park station. The DR then began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. On 1 October 1877, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station.

The DR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than the NLR's route via Willesden Junction, the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's other route from Richmond via Clapham Junction. From 1 January 1894, the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service and served Gunnersbury once again, meaning that passengers from Gunnersbury could travel on the services of five operators.

Following the electrification of the DR's own tracks north of Acton Town in 1903, the DR funded the electrification of the tracks through Gunnersbury. The tracks on the Richmond branch were electrified on 1 August 1905. Whilst DR services were operated with electric trains, the L&SWR, NLR, GWR and MR services continued to be steam hauled.

MR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1906 and GWR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1910 leaving operations at Gunnersbury to the DR (by then known as the District Railway), the NLR and L&SWR. By 1916, the L&SWR's route through Hammersmith was being out-competed by the District to such a degree that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916, leaving the District as the sole operator over that route.

In 1932, the Chiswick Curve was closed and the tracks were later removed. The site of the curve is now known as a housing estate known as Chiswick Village.

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On 8 December 1954 the station was damaged by a tornado which ripped off the roof and injured six people.

In the 1960s the station was redeveloped with just the two platforms it currently possesses. The London Overground and London Underground services share the same tracks.

Services

Gunnersbury currently has the following London Overground (Mildmay line) and London Underground (District line) services, which are operated by Class 378 and S7 Stock trains respectively:

London Underground

Off-peak:

• 6tph to Upminster
• 6tph to Richmond

London Overground

Off-peak (including Sundays):

• 4tph to Stratford
• 4tph to Richmond

Arrangement

London Underground is classed as an open access operator between Richmond and Acton Lane Junction with LU purchasing individual slots on the North London line from Network Rail.

Connections

London Buses routes 110, 237, 267, 440, H91 and night route N9 serve the station.

References

1. "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
8. "London Overground Signs Standard – Issue 3" (PDF). Transport for London. 3 August 2009. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
9. "The Little Known Story of the Tornado which Ripped Apart a London Underground Station". MyLondon. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
10. "History of UK Weather – 1954". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
11. "Tornado Hits London". British Pathe. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
12. Table 59 National Rail timetable, May 2016
13. "Buses from Gunnersbury" (PDF). TfL. March 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

External links

• Train times and station information for Gunnersbury station from National Rail
• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Gunnersbury station, 1928
  • Gunnersbury station, 1955
  • View of platform, 2001
  • Station Entrance, 2001

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Kew Gardenstowards Richmond		Mildmay lineNorth London line		South Actontowards Stratford
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Kew Gardenstowards Richmond		District lineRichmond branch		Turnham Greentowards Upminster
Former services
Kew Gardenstowards Richmond		London and South Western Railway(1869–1916)		Turnham Greentowards West Brompton
		Metropolitan Railway(1877–1906)		Turnham Greentowards Paddington
		Great Western Railway(1894–1910)
Abandoned plans
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Kew Gardenstowards Richmond		Central line(1913)		Heathfield Terracetowards Liverpool Street
		Central line(1920)		Turnham Greentowards Liverpool Street

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