Harefield Road tube station

Harefield Road was a proposed London Underground station on the western extension of the Central line beyond its current terminus at West Ruislip.

Harefield Road
Harefield Road
Location of Harefield Road in Greater London
LocationUxbridge
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hillingdon
Grid referenceTQ060874
OwnerNever built
Number of platforms2
Railway companies
Original companyLondon Underground
Other information
WGS8451.5760°N 0.4710°W / 51.5760; -0.4710
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Under the London Passenger Transport Board's 1935–1940 New Works programme, the station would have been built on the existing Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway (GW&GCJR) line between West Ruislip and Denham, the extension's intended terminus.

Like many other new stations built by London Underground in the outskirts of the capital, the construction of the station was intended to stimulate new housing developments in what was a rural part of Middlesex. Works on the extension were postponed during World War II and, after the war, green belt legislation was introduced to limit the expansion of urban areas. The area beyond West Ruislip fell within the designated Metropolitan Green Belt, and as the intended housing developments were no longer allowed the extension was cut back to West Ruislip; it opened in stages in 1947 and 1948.

Earlier station

The Central line station site, immediately west of the Harvil Road overbridge, was that of an earlier station on the GW&GCJR line. That station opened on 24 September 1928 as Harefield Halt and was renamed South Harefield Halt in May 1929.[1] It was served by shuttle trains forming the main line local service between Uxbridge High Street, Denham and Gerrards Cross. However, the station lay 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Harefield village and the building boom for which the later Central line extension was intended to cater had not occurred; usage was so thin that the halt closed again after traffic on 30 September 1931.[2] The small goods yard closed at the end of 1952 and the site is now occupied by a commercial company: it has no rail access. The location of Denham East Junction lies immediately to the west of the old goods yard. No trace remains of the 1928 halt.

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Butt 1995, p. 215
Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Line and station open
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway
Line and station open
Disused railways
Uxbridge High Street
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Uxbridge High Street branch		   West Ruislip
Line and station open
  Abandoned Plans  
  Proposed Denham Extension  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Terminus
Central line
towards Epping, Hainault
or Woodford (via Hainault)
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