Private company
West London Railway
Railway in London
The West London Railway was conceived to link the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway with the Kensington Basin of the Kensington Canal, enabling access to and from London docks for the carriage of goods. It opened in 1844 but was not commercially successful.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
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The West London Railway was conceived to link the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway with the Kensington Basin of the Kensington Canal, enabling access to and from London docks for the carriage of goods. It opened in 1844 but was not commercially successful.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Great Western Railway
- London and North Western Railway
- London and South Western Railway
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- Succeeded by British Rail1
Links
- WikipediaWest London Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ17020208
Sources
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- 1WikidataWest London Railway on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWest London Railway on Wikipedia