£22.99
David Reidy
Publication Date: 2018
Format & Edition: Paperback, First Edition
Pagination: 145 Pages, 100 Illustrations
Condition: New
Genre: London & North Western Railway (LNWR)
Status: In Stock
A History of Hatch End Station by David Reidy. Until the coming of the railway Hatch End remained almost completely rural, in the ancient parish of Harrow. In 1830 a committee was formed to find the best route for a railway linking London to Birmingham, and four years later land was purchased in Hatch End for this purpose.
Hatch End station opened in 1842 as Pinner station for the London & Birmingham Railway. Under pre-grouping the line became part of the LNWR who rebuilt the station in 1911 under the guidance of Gerald Horsley. Architectural critic and Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman was an admirer of Hatch End railway station and described it as “half-way between a bank and a medium-sized country house”.
Underground services arrived in 1917 when the Bakerloo extended the line from Willesden Junction to Watford Junction. The station was renamed again as Hatch End for Pinner in 1920 and became part of LMS. Th station again changed its name to Hatch End in 1956. Hatch End closed to underground traffic in 1982.
This comprehensive book provides a detailed account of the station and its surroundings, from a brief history of the rural community of Hatch End over the last 500 years and the Pinner horse bus to reminisenses and the station of today.
Includes more than 100 images, track and station diagrams, maps, timetables and platform tickets.
The Coming of the Railway
The Victorian and Edwardian Eras
The New Line
1920-1945
The Post War Era
The Pinner Horse Bus
Appendices