Английская Википедия:Hounslow Town tube station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox London station Hounslow Town was a London Underground station located in Hounslow, west London. It was first opened in 1883 by the District Railway, the precursor to today's District line, on a branch line which is now disused.
The station was situated at the eastern end of Hounslow High Street, at the junction with Kingsley Road. It closed permanently in 1909. Its site is now occupied by Hounslow bus garage.
History
Hounslow Town station was opened by the District Railway (DR) on 1 May 1883 as the terminus of a new extension of the DR from Acton Town.Шаблон:Sfn The station was constructed with the intention of continuing the line south to join the tracks of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) close to Hounslow station. To facilitate this, the tracks were built at an elevated level in readiness to cross the high street via a bridge. The LSWR objected to the DR connecting to its tracks, as the new DR route to central London would compete with the LSWR's own route to Waterloo, so the extension was never undertaken.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
On 21 July 1884, a branch was constructed from just north of Hounslow Town to Hounslow Barracks station (now called Hounslow West).Шаблон:Sfn The branch line was constructed as single track and initially had no intermediate stations between the terminus and Osterley & Spring Grove station (replaced by Osterley station in 1934).Шаблон:Sfn
Following its failure to extend south from Hounslow Town and because of the low passenger usage of the Hounslow stations, the DR turned its attention to the new Barracks branch and closed Hounslow Town station on 31 March 1886,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn A new station, Heston & Hounslow (now Hounslow Central), was opened on the Barracks branch as its replacement on the following day.Шаблон:Sfn
On 1 March 1903,Шаблон:Sfn Hounslow Town was reopened. Services were divided at Osterley & Spring Grove with two trains per hour running to Hounslow Town and the rest running to Hounslow Barracks.Шаблон:Sfn Electrification of the DR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam locomotives on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.Шаблон:Sfn When the branch was electrified, the track between Osterley & Spring Grove and Hounslow Central was closed and a new loop was opened from Hounslow Town back to Hounslow Central.Шаблон:Sfn Trains would run from Osterley & Spring Grove to Hounslow Town, then reverse and run to Hounslow West.Шаблон:Sfn
The new loop was single-tracked and had a sharp radius of Шаблон:Convert which imposed a speed limit of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn This method of operation was unsuccessful and short-lived. On 2 May 1909, the closed section of track between Hounslow Central and Osterley & Spring Grove was reopened with a new Hounslow Town station (now named Hounslow East) about Шаблон:Convert west of the loop to the old station. The old Hounslow Town station and its two loop tracks were closed permanently.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Following the closure, the station was demolished to be replaced by a bus garage for the London General Omnibus Company that opened on 14 July 1912.Шаблон:Sfn The current bus station and garage occupy the same site. A plaque in front of the bus garage gives a brief history of the old Underground station.
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