Not to be confused with West London Route, West London Orbital, or Great Western Main Line.
West London line
A Class 378 train operated for London Overground at Imperial Wharf in 2009
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Greater London
Termini
Willesden Junction 51°31′57″N0°14′41″W / 51.5324°N 0.2446°W / 51.5324; -0.2446 (West London Line, Willesden Junction terminus)
Clapham Junction 51°27′51″N0°10′13″W / 51.4642°N 0.1703°W / 51.4642; -0.1703 (West London Line, Clapham Junction terminus)
Stations
6
Service
Type
Suburban rail
freight rail
System
London Overground
National Rail
Operator(s)
Overground: Arriva Rail London
National Rail: Southern
Rolling stock
Overground: Class 378 / Class 710
Southern: Class 377
Technical
Number of tracks
Two
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
Third rail, 750 V DC Overhead line, 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Route map
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Legend
North London line
to Stratford
Bakerloo line
Harrow │ Elephant & Castle
Willesden Junction
Watford DC line
Watford Junction │ Euston
West Coast Main Line
via Watford Junction │ Euston
Willesden Junction
North London line
to Richmond
Mitre Bridge Junction
Grand Union Canal
Great Western Main Line
Bristol │ Paddington
North Pole depot
North Pole Junction
St. Quintin Park and
Wormwood Scrubs
overhead AC
third rail DC
changeover
Great Western Railway
goods line to North Acton
Circle/Hammersmith & City lines
Hammersmith │ via Liverpool Street
link closed 1940
Uxbridge Road
Out of station interchange
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush (LU)
Central line
London & South Western Rly
to Richmond via
link closed 1916
Hammersmith (Grove Road)
Kensington (Olympia)
link lifted 1992
District line
to Richmond or Ealing Broadway
Warwick Road goods yard
Piccadilly line
to Heathrow or Uxbridge
District line via Earl's Court
Piccadilly line
to Cockfosters
West Brompton
District line to Wimbledon
Chelsea & Fulham
Imperial Wharf
Chelsea Basin goods yard
Cremorne Bridge
over River Thames
Battersea
Latchmere Southwest Jct
South West Main Line
to Waterloo
South London lines
to Victoria
South London line
to London Bridge
Clapham Junction
South London line
and Brighton Main Line
Waterloo–Reading line
South West Main Line
to Weymouth
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