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| Location | Southall |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Ealing |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Station code | STL |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| NR 2004/5 usage | 0.865 million[1] |
| NR 2005/6 usage | 0.859 million[1] |
| NR 2006/7 usage | 1.558 million[1] |
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| 1839 | Opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
| External links | Departures • Facilities |
Southall railway station is a station in Southall, London, located in Zone 4.
The station is served by local services operated by First Great Western from London Paddington to Reading, Oxford and Newbury, and by Heathrow Connect services from Paddington to Heathrow Airport. The station is on the original line of the Great Western Railway, now known as the Great Western Main Line.
The station is one of the few in England in which the signs stating the station's name are in two languages, in this case English and Punjabi (Wallsend, on the Tyne and Wear Metro, has bilingual signage in English and Latin). Recently some informative station displays have also started to feature notices in Punjabi.
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History
Southall station was opened on 1 May 1839. It was on the main Great Western Railway line to Slough and the west. In 1859, a branch line to Brentford Docks was opened for carrying goods.[2] Passenger services started running on this branch line in 1860, and continued until 1942, when the service was withdrawn.
The line alongside the un-numbered platform at the southern edge of Southall station is where these services used to run, now only used as a relief. The tracks veer off in a south-easterly direction under the Grand Junction Canal at Windmill Bridge/Hanwell Viaduct (Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous "three bridges") and then through the wilderness of Osterley. It is still used for London waste and an aggregates depot, the line being cut by the Great West Road and other modern developments. There are still remains in Brentford of the former line.
The Southall rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 19 September 1997, on the Great Western Main Line at Southall, west London. Six people were killed and over 150 were injured.
A third of all rail suicides in England and Wales take place between Slough and London (Paddington), some of them at Southall station.[3]
Ticket facilities
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As of October 2008, Oyster "pay as you go" can be used for journeys originating or ending at Southall.[4]
Although a busy station there are no automatic ticket barriers, but manual ticket checks take place on a daily basis.
Transport links
London Bus route 105, 120, 195, 482, E5 and H32.
Future
Southall is a planned station on the proposed Crossrail route. In contrast to nearby Ealing Broadway station, the new service is unlikely to involve any major rebuilding of the station.
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.
References
- 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
- ^ a b c Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southall railway station from Office of Rail Regulation statistics
- ^ MacDermot, E T (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. 1 (1833-1863) (1 ed.). London: Great Western Railway.
- ^ 'Abused' Asian women behind soaring toll of railway suicides| News | This is London
- ^ "Oyster PAYG on National Rail". National Rail Enquiries. 2008-10-20. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/OysterPAYG.pdf.
External links
- Train times and station information for Southall railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 51°30′22″N 0°22′42″W / 51.506°N 0.3783°W
Gallery
 Slow platforms looking west |
 Slow platforms looking east |
 Fast tracks looking west |
 Fast tracks looking east |
 Bilingual sign at Southall Station, English and Punjabi. First Great Western branding visible. |
 "Welcome to Southall" at the station entrance, English and Punjabi. |
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| Hanwell or Ealing Broadway |
First Great Western Great Western Main Line |
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| Hanwell Ealing Broadway on Sundays |
Heathrow Connect Paddington - Heathrow |
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towards Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield
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towards Windsor
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District line |
towards Mansion House
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