A diesel railcar ran along this line when I came to Staines as a boy
and we caught the train from Staines West to Poyle Halt
Graffiti on the former rail bridge which took the line to West Drayton
under the Staines bypass
parts of the line remain in place
A gas pipeline seen from the former railway embankment
Trees grow up through the track. The last trains ran on this stretch
in the 1960s., closing to passengers in 1965
Trains ran to an oil depot in Staines on the old Goods Yard until
1981, when the line was closed off by the construction of the M25
A short section of track remained in Staines and was connected to
the Staines to Windsor line. It closed in 1991
and the Oil depot was replaced by flats. The line still exists between West
Drayton and a fuel Heathrow terminal
at Colnbrook just to the north of the level crossing over the Old Bath Road.
Between the old line and the Staines to Windsor line
The West Drayton line went across the Wraysbury RIver on a bridge
here, then over the WIndsor line
The Windsor line goes over the Wraysbury River. Behind is the brick
side of the embankment which once carried
the West Drayton branch, with a bridge over the WIndsor line to the right
of the picture.
Yeoveny Lodge
One of many gravel pits, now a fishing lake
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