http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html Trains finally came to Hampton Wick in 1863 when a line branched off the Windsor line at Twickenham and came round through Strawberry Hill and Teddington to a high level station in Hampton Wick before crossing the river and terminating at Kingston. (Double click to get a larger image) http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#0 d07827a9-9a58-4c44-b2a5-af165d5cc681 http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_018/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_018/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_018/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The railway in the 1950’s. Note the trolleybus stop in exactly the same position as the present bus stop.</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#1 f7919edc-5f9a-4edd-ba3e-d88864eeddef http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/railway2520map/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/railway2520map/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/railway2520map/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The initial line ran from Twickenham to Kingston and opened on 1st July 1863. The extension to New Malden came into use from 1st July 1869. Electrification came in 1916.</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#2 f0742140-b99d-422f-a8fc-ca14763db758 http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_020/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_020/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_020/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Four people were killed when a passenger train was struck by a locomotive travelling on the same line in the opposite direction on August Bank Holiday 1888</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#3 1b6cd395-8f06-40bb-b9f7-7f7c9ecd18aa http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2002_0016/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2002_0016/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2002_0016/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Built in 1863 to a design previously used for the 1848 Richmond Railway Bridge. The cast iron structure of both bridges was faithfully replicated when they were rebuilt in steel in 1908.</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#4 a1fd6d1b-5c68-4648-960d-7372178d108b http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_011/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_011/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_011/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking up the line towards Kingston Station. The up platform had waiting rooms </p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#5 e37df61f-e92b-4a71-81fa-2a917b2d1cee http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_015/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_015/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_015/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking down towards Teddington with the Hampton Court Gas Company’s works in the background</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#6 95cafec7-6251-4a29-838e-5442fc0c5b79 http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_013/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_013/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/Then_and_Now_Miscellaneous_013/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The original station with the round-headed windows and doors which were hallmarks of the <span style="line-height: 16px; " class="style_3">London and South Western Railway company’s architecture.</span></p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#7 14c45265-7430-4621-9226-06f1e8349f3d http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/1970_other_streets_and_buildings_038_cp/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/1970_other_streets_and_buildings_038_cp/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/1970_other_streets_and_buildings_038_cp/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The original station was replaced with this anonymous-looking structure in 1969</p></div></div> http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains.html#8 6f16e5c0-5077-44d4-84a2-5787aab5e294 http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2001_High2520Street__035_cp/thumb.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2001_High2520Street__035_cp/micro.jpg http://www.hamptonwickhistory.org.uk/HamptonWickHistory/Gallery/Pages/Trains_files/Media/2001_High2520Street__035_cp/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="style_External_0_0"><div class="style_2"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The current station</p></div></div>