The Anonymous Widower

Kew Bridge Station And The New Brentford Stadium Site

I went to Kew Bridge station to see if anything could be seen of the new Brentford Community Stadium site.

You can’t see much of the stadium, but to my mind you could make the station a lot more attractive.

Look at this Google Map of the station and the Southern part of the stadium site.

Kew Bridge Station

Note.

• The stadium is proposed to be on the northern part of the cleared site backing on to the northern side of the triangular junction, of which two of the lines meet at the station.
• The South-Eastern part of the site will be mainly residential.
• The closeness of the London Museum of Water and Steam and the River Thames to the station.
• In Transport for London’s plans for the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, extension to Houslow via the Dudding Hill Line and this junction is a distinct possibility.
• The platforms at Kew Bridge station are very long.
• If trains were ever to be restored to the northern side of the junction, a station begind the stadium could be connected to Kew Bridge station by lineside walkways.
• If trains were ever to be restored to the eastern side of the junction, they could serve Kew Bridge station.
• The Kew Bridge station  building is Grade 2 Listed.

I think that even an average architect could make Kew Bridge station, a superb gateway to the stadium and the other developments.

December 17, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Sport, Transport/Travel | Brentford, Kew Bridge Station