West London Route

West London Route
A Class 377 Electrostar at Kensington Olympia on the West London Line section
Overview
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Greater London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire
Termini	Milton Keynes Central East Croydon
Stations	21
Operation
Opened	1997
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Southern
Depot(s)	Selhurst
Rolling stock	Class 377 Electrostar
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail 25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE

The West London Route is a British railway line running between East Croydon and Milton Keynes mostly over the West London Line as well as over parts of the Brighton Main Line and West Coast Main Line.

History

On 2 June 1997 Connex South Central introduced a new service from Gatwick Airport to Rugby via the West London and West Coast lines using Class 319s. In December 2000 it was curtailed to Watford Junction but extended southwards to Brighton due to the difficulty in securing train paths in the congested West Midlands due to engineering works on the upgrade of the West Coast Main Line, the service was shortened to terminate at Watford, and was discontinued and revived as a shorter regional route from South Croydon to Milton Keynes Central as part of the South Central franchise in 2009. Due to congestion on the West Coast Main Line, the service will not extend north of Milton Keynes.

Service

West London Route
West Coast Main Line Milton Keynes Central 12px Bletchley 12px Leighton Buzzard Tring Berkhamsted Hemel Hempstead M25 motorway Watford Junction 12px Greater London boundary Harrow & Wealdstone Wembley Central West Coast Main Line to Euston North London line to Stratford Grand Union Canal Shepherd's Bush Kensington (Olympia) West Brompton Imperial Wharf River Thames Brighton main line to Victoria Clapham Junction 12px Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst East Croydon 12px Brighton main line and Oxted line

Services are operated by Southern connects the West Coast Mainline in the north to the Brighton Main Line in the south. Hourly trains run between East Croydon and Milton Keynes Central, with additional peak services between Shepherd's Bush and Clapham Junction.

Southern services follow the same route as London Overground, but pass through Willesden Junction without stopping as the mainline platforms were removed in 1962. However there are plans for these services to stop at Willesden Junction in the future which will mean building new main line platforms at Willesden Junction.

References

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• London Buses route 32
• List of night buses in London

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