Gunnersbury | |
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Location of Gunnersbury in Greater London
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Location | Gunnersbury |
Local authority | London Borough of Hounslow |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code | GUN |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 3 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 4.64 million |
2013 | 4.55 million |
2014 | 5.41 million |
2015 | 5.41 million |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2011–12 | 1.788 million |
2012–13 | 2.068 million |
2013–14 | 2.386 million |
2014–15 | 2.575 million |
2015–16 | 2.463 million |
Key dates | |
1869 | Opened (L&SWR) |
1869 | Started (NLR) |
1870 | Started and Ended (GWR) |
1877 | Started (MR and DR) |
1894 | Started (GWR) |
1906 | Ended (MR) |
1910 | Ended (GWR) |
1916 | Ended (L&SWR) |
Other information | |
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WGS84 | 51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°WCoordinates: 51°29′30″N 0°16′30″W / 51.4918°N 0.275°W |
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Gunnersbury is a station in Gunnersbury within the London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London. The station, managed by London Underground and is served by District line trains to and from Richmond, and by National Rail London Overground services under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London, however there is no standard red National Rail "double arrow" logo signage located at the station, instead only the Overground roundel. On the District line the station is between Turnham Green and Kew Gardens, and on the North London Line it is between South Acton and Kew Gardens.
The station is located off Chiswick High Road (A315) and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
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).