Trains to Kew Gardens - Station Details and further Information on Kew Gardens Train Services
Kew Gardens station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Kew in south west London. It is the nearest station to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (located to the west) and The National Archives (to the north east) and is managed by London Underground. The station is served by both the District Line and the London Overground services on the North London Line, and is situated midway between Gunnersbury and Richmond stations.
The station is located at the junction of Station Parade, Station Avenue and Station Approach about 100 yds from Sandycombe Road (B353) and is about 500 yds from the entrance to the Botanic Gardens and 600 yds from The National Archives. It is in Travelcard Zones 3 and 4.
The two storey yellow brick station buildings are unusually fine examples of mid-Victorian railway architecture and are protected as part of the Kew Gardens conservation area. The station is one of the few remaining 19th century stations on the North London Line and has one of the last illuminated banner signals on the London Underground, possibly because of the footbridge.
The footbridge to the south of the station is also noteworthy and is Grade II listed in its own right. The railway line bisected Kew, but it was not until 1912 that the bridge was provided to allow residents to cross the tracks safely. It is a rare surviving example of a reinforced concrete structure built using a pioneering technique devised by the French engineer François Hennebique. The bridge has a narrow deck and very high walls, designed to protect its users' clothing from the smoke of steam trains passing underneath. It also has protrusions on either side of the deck to deflect smoke away from the bridge structure. It was restored in 2004 with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. |
