Trumpers Crossing Halte railway station

Trumpers Crossing Halte
A GWR Autocoach awaits departure
General information
Location	Hanwell, Ealing England
Grid reference	TQ150795
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR
Key dates
1 May 1860	Brentford branch opened
2 May 1904	Station opened as Trumpers Crossing Halte
22 March 1915	Service suspended
12 April 1920	Services resumed
1 February 1926	Station closed

Trumpers Crossing Halte was a station of scant construction on the Brentford Branch Line of the Great Western Railway, which ran from Southall to Brentford Dock.

It was opened on 2 May 1904^[1][2][3] by the Great Western Railway as "Trumpers Crossing Halte", and was the only intermediate station between Southall and Brentford GWR stations. At this time, the GWR favoured the French spelling of "Halte" for such stations, because the English word "Halt" had an inappropriate meaning.^[4]

The halt closed on 22 March 1915^[1] as a wartime economy measure,^[5] re-opened on 12 April 1920^[1] and closed permanently on 1 February 1926.^[1][6] Before closing for good, the words "for South Hanwell and Osterley Park" were appended.

Materials from the redundant platforms were used six months later to construct South Greenford,^[6] which opened on 20 September 1926.^[7]

• Booker, Frank (1985) [1977]. The Great Western Railway: A New History (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-946537-16-X.
• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (August 2000). Branch Lines of West London. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-901706-50-8.

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