Photos/details of Heathrow Junction station
 

In uk.railway naked_draughtsman wrote:
Where the two loose rails are in between the tracks on the spur, there
appears to be a raised area if you zoom in far enough. Was this once a
platform?

In that area on Multimap Bird's Eye there seems to be a few S&T cabinets,
but no platform.

Just before the tunnel mouth there's a row of yellow flat wagons and a pair
of shipping containers, on a disconnected piece of track:
http://tinyurl.com/59fcys
There might be a partial platform section behind the shipping containers,
but it's hard to tell.

Theo

Photos/details of Heathrow Junction station
 

On 11 Aug, 18:39, "Railsigns.co.uk" wrote:
The station had a single platform alongside a temporary spur off the
Down Airport line. A temporary trailing crossover provided access onto
the Up Airport line.


For those interested in the mileages, the temporary station was at 12m
25ch (I've seen it described as "Heathrow Interchange"), the northern-
most tunnel mouth is at 12m 30ch.

The station was removed very promptly on opening of the permanent
route. I believe that restoring the land to its original use was part
of the planning requirements.

PhilD

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Photos/details of Heathrow Junction station
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:40:10 -0700 (PDT), Mr Thant
wrote:

For a short period in 1998 before the Heathrow Express tunnels opened,
trains started running to a temporary station called Heathrow Junction
somewhere near the tunnel mouth. Does anyone have any details about
exactly where it was and what it amounted to, or even photos of it?

I took a photo of a 332 there once, after just getting off it.

If you'd like a copy, please e-mail me:

mike(dot)roebuck@gmx(dot)net