Richmond

Richmond is a London Underground and National Rail station in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

The first station at Richmond opened on 27 July 1846, on 1 June 1877 the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR), later the District Line, linked its then terminus at Hammersmith to the nearby L&SWR tracks east of the present Ravenscourt Park station. The MDR began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond.

On 1 October 1877, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the former GWR service to Richmond via Kensington (Olympia), these services ceased on 31 December 1906.

After electrifying its tracks north of Acton Town in 1903, the MDR funded the electrification, completed on 1 August 1905, from Gunnersbury to Richmond.

On 3 June 1916 the L&SWR withdrew its service from Richmond to Kensington (Olympia) through Hammersmith due to competition from the District line, leaving the District as the sole operator over that route and the NLR providing mainline services via Willesden Junction.

The station building was rebuilt in 1937, in Art Deco style using Portland stone.

(N.B. The history has been simplified.)

District Line and North London Line (London Overground)
Next Station Northbound: Kew Gardens [Link]