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Hounslow Town Station

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Local History - Hounslow Town Railway Station
{Above and below a line drawing of the former station building, captioned: 'Hounslow Town Station in 1893. Between 1883-1886 and 1903-1909':}
Hounslow was a busy place place during the coaching age. But the era of coach-horses had ended by the time the Metropolitan and District Railway reached this part of West London in 1883.
An imposing terminus station once stood on the site of the present bus garage. However, plans to continue the line southwards to Twickenham were abandoned and the railway was extended westwards instead. As a result, Hounslow East Station soon replaced the Broadway Terminus.
When London General Omnibus took over the site of Hounslow Town Station in 1912, the White Bear public house which also stood there quickly followed its neighbour, the railway station, to a new home on Kingsley Road.
Once steam-hauled, trains on the Metropolitan District line were electrified in 1905. The route was attached to the Piccadilly Underground railway and came under the control of London Transport in 1933. 
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow Town Centre Project

Site: Hounslow Town Station (1 memorial)

TW3, Kingsley Road, Hounslow Bus Garage

Hounslow Bus Station and Garage was built 1925.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Hounslow Town Station

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