Stanmore Station
1891 Opening of the railway to Stanmore put the village in connection with the London and North-Western Railway at Harrow Station. The construction of the line was stimulated by Mr. Frederick Gordon, the owner of extensive property in the neighbourhood. The line was engineered by Mr William Beswick Myers Beswick of Westminster. Messrs. Saxby and Farmer were responsible for the signalling and the contractor for the line was Mr. Charles Braddock, of Wigan.[1]
1929 The Metropolitan Railway Company announced it wanted to build an extension from Wembley Park Station to Stanmore, which would give local commuters direct trains to London.
1930 Plans for the branch line were in place; the contractors would be Walter Scott and Middleton Ltd.
1932 The Stanmore Branch opened, offering electric train service to London.
1939 The Bakerloo Line took over the Metropolitan Line's service to Stanmore on 20 November.
1979 Opening of the Jubilee Line, incorporating the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1891/02/13
- [1] Stanmore line