Hammersmith (Grove Road)
Hammersmith (Grove Road) Location of Hammersmith (Grove Road) in Greater London
Location	Hammersmith
Owner	London and South Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
Key dates
1 January 1869 (1869-01-01)	Opened (LSWR)
1870	Start/end (GWR)
June 1877	Start (MR)
1 January 1894	Start (GWR)
31 December 1906	End (MR)
31 December 1910	End (GWR)
3 June 1916 (1916-06-03)	Closed
Other information
Coordinates	51°29′40″N0°13′33″W / 51.49444°N 0.22583°W /51.49444; -0.22583
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Hammersmith (Grove Road) was a railway station on theLondon and South Western Railway (LSWR), located on Grove Road (now Hammersmith Grove) inHammersmith, west London. It was opened in 1869 and closed in 1916.

For much of its existence, the station was also served by theMetropolitan Railway (MR; the precursor to today'sMetropolitan line) and theGreat Western Railway (GWR). Its site was adjacent toanother station named Hammersmith, which today is served by theCircle andHammersmith & City lines.

LSWR trains serving Hammersmith (Grove Road) ran fromWaterloo viaAddison Road (now called Kensington (Olympia)) toRichmond. MR and GWR trains ran fromPaddington via the Hammersmith & City Railway (HCR; now the Hammersmith & City line) and also on to Richmond.

Hammersmith (Grove Road), as it was officially named but often referred to as simply Hammersmith, was opened on 1 January 1869 by the LSWR on a new branch line from a junction with theWest London Joint Railway (WLJR) north ofAddison Road toRichmond viaTurnham Green.^[1]

v t e Kensington to Richmond
Legend
London and South Western Railway
District Railway toEarl's Court & West London Extension Rly toWaterloo &Clapham Jn Kensington Addison Road Richmond Junction West London Joint Railway toWillesden Junction Shepherd's Bush (L&SWR) Hammersmith & City Railway toPaddington Hammersmith Depot Hammersmith (Grove Road) Hammersmith (H&CR) District Railway toEarl's Court Hammersmith (DR) Ravenscourt Park originally Shaftesbury Road Stamford Brook North & South Western Junction Rly Hammersmith & Chiswick branch Turnham Green Chiswick Park North & South Western Junction Railway toWillesden Junction District Railway toActon Town Gunnersbury Junction Gunnersbury originally Brentford Road Hounslow Loop line toKew Bridge │ toWaterloo Kew Bridge over River Thames Kew Gardens Waterloo–Reading line toWaterloo Richmond Waterloo–Reading line toReading
Note: diagram shows modern extent of line but historic line names.

To the north of Hammersmith (Grove Road) the line ran parallel with the HCR before passing under the line and turning through a wide arc south ofShepherd's Bush before reaching the WLJR at a southward pointing junction. To the west of the station, the line became what is now theDistrict line to Richmond, starting just to the east ofRavenscourt Park.

In 1870, Grove Junction was built north of the station connecting the HCR and LSWR tracks, enabling GWR trains on the HCR to access Hammersmith (Grove Road) and run on to Richmond.^[1] However, the GWR service ran for only a few months during 1870.^[1]

In June 1877, theDistrict Railway (DR; now theDistrict line) opened an extension fromits own Hammersmith station to a junction (Studland Road Junction) to connect to the LSWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park. From 1 October 1877, the MR began to run trains through Hammersmith (Grove Road) to Richmond.^[1] From 1 January 1894, the GWR also initiated services along this route.^[1]

The more direct route of the DR into central London had a competitive advantage over the other operators of the Richmond service and gradually the other railway companies ended their operations on the Richmond branch. MR services ended on 31 December 1906, shortly after the HCR tracks from Paddington were electrified. GWR services continued until 31 December 1910 and LSWR services continued until 3 June 1916 when the loop line between the Studland Road Junction and Addison Road was closed.^[1] The section west of the junction remains part of the District line.

In 1919 theCentral London Railway (CLR; today'sCentral line) published plans to build a tunnelled link from west of itsShepherd's Bush station to the disused tracks north of the station so that it might run trains to Richmond via Hammersmith (Grove Road) and Turnham Green.^[2] Although authorisation was granted in 1920,^[3] the connection was never realised.

Hammersmith (Grove Road) was demolished in the mid 1950s having been used to store bananas until June 1954. The tracks on the loop line to the WLJR were lifted in 1932 with further demolition continuing into the 1950s with the bridge over Grove Road being demolished.^[4] Although remnants of the viaduct at the Studland Road Junction where the LSWR tracks turned north-east are still visible west of the current Hammersmith station on the District and Piccadilly lines. The station site is now occupied by an office block on Hammersmith Grove.

• Abandoned stations - Addison Road to Hammersmith
• Disused Station - Hammersith Grove Road

Disused railways
Ravenscourt Park towardsRichmond		London and South Western Railway (1869–1916)		Shepherd's Bush towardsWest Brompton
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Ravenscourt Park towardsRichmond		Metropolitan Railway (1877–1906)		Shepherd's Bush towardsPaddington
Abandoned plans
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Ravenscourt Park towardsRichmond		Central line (1920)		Shepherd's Bush towardsLiverpool Street

• Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• Former London and South Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1869
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916
• Hammersmith
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• 1916 disestablishments in England

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