Greenford Loop (Great Western Railway)




Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Perivale to West Ealing





South Greenford 'station' nameboard on the West Ealing to Greenford branch, on 9th February 2019. West Perivale, in smaller font, is a fairly recent ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
The sleepiness of South Greenford station is briefly disturbed by the arrival of the ex-13.31 service from West Ealing to Greenford in the ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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A deserted Castle Bar Park (West Ealing bound platform), seen from 165135 on a service to Greenford, on 9th February 2019. ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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Drayton Green station (platform for West Ealing trains), west London seen from 165135 departing for Greenford, looking back on 9th February 2019. I ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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360202 crosses West Ealing Jct whilst working from Paddington to Heathrow Airport on 04 June 2011. ...
John McIntyre 04/06/2011
FGW 165132 approaches West Ealing Jct with a service from Greenford to Paddington on the late afternoon of 04 June 2011. The level crossing the DMU ...
John McIntyre 04/06/2011
View east at West Ealing Junction on 4 June 2011. A Class 165 networker on a Greenford - Paddington service is about to leave the branch and join the ...
John McIntyre 04/06/2011
A Heathrow Express bound for Paddington runs past the camera towards West Ealing station on 4 June 2011. On the far left is the Greenford line. ...
John McIntyre 04/06/2011
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360202, from Paddington to Heathrow Terminal 4, departing from rebuilt West Ealing on 9th February 2019. This line opened on 4th June 1838 but the ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
Now that passengers from the Greenford branch have to change at West Ealing, the least the rail operators can do is make sure the 'connecting' service ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
Bombardier Aventra EMU 345013, arriving at West Ealing on a working to Paddington, on 9th February 2019. On the right is the new bay platform for ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
387153 from London Paddington passing West Ealing station, on the GWR main line in west London, on 9th February 2019. ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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Greenford West Curve



View from 165135 about to pass under the westbound LUL Central Line flyover and then climb steeply up between the Central Line tracks as it approaches ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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Hanwell and Elthorne Curve

387155, on a down service from Paddington, passing Hanwell station, west London, at speed on Saturday, 9th February 2019. Minutes later, this train ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
Taken with a zoom lens, 345012 has just passed through Hanwell and is heading east as it speeds its way over the last seven and a bit miles of the GWR ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
Hanwell, on the GWR main line in west London, looking west from the up platform on 9th February 2019. The period 'subway' sign is a nice feature. ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
Hanwell, looking east towards Paddington, on 9th February 2019. The main up and down fast lines are to the right of the fence, blocking off access to ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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Drayton Green station (platform for West Ealing trains), west London seen from 165135 departing for Greenford, looking back on 9th February 2019. I ...
David Bosher 09/02/2019
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