Stamford Brook | |
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Location of Stamford Brook in Greater London
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Location | Chiswick |
Local authority | London Borough of Hounslow |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 3 (2 active, 1 inactive) |
Fare zone | 2 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 2.63 million |
2013 | 2.66 million |
2014 | 2.67 million |
2015 | 2.70 million |
Railway companies | |
Original company | London and South Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 January 1869 | Line opened |
1 February 1912 | Station opened |
3 June 1916 | L&SWR service ceased |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
WGS84 | 51°29′42″N 0°14′45″W / 51.495°N 0.2458°WCoordinates: 51°29′42″N 0°14′45″W / 51.495°N 0.2458°W |
Stamford Brook is a London Underground station on the eastern edge of Chiswick in west London. The station is served by the District line and is between Ravenscourt Park and Turnham Green stations. The main entrance is located on Goldhawk Road (A402) with a secondary entrance on Prebend Gardens. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station takes its name from Stamford Brook, a tributary of the River Thames that is now predominantly underground.
The line through Stamford Brook station was opened on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond 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. Initially there were no stations between Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed) and Turnham Green.
From its opening, a number of services operated over the route to Richmond in addition to the L&SWR including:
By 1 February 1912 when the station opened, only L&SWR and the DR still operated on the line and on 3 June 1916 the L&SWR withdrew its own service leaving the District Railway as the sole operator.