Disused Stations: Uxbridge Belmont Road Station

[Source: Nick Catford]

A vista from aloft across the station and part of the goods yard in 1929. For orientation purposes this view faces north with Belmont Road passing diagonally across top left and York Road diagonally from left toward the bottom right. Not immediately obvious is that a train has just arrived at the Down platform, the main telltale being the scattering of people walking away from the station along the approach road. Dominating the scene is the warehouse of Messrs. Alfred Button & Sons Ltd., wholesale grocers. Button referred to these premises as their 'Metropolitan Depot' and they also had retail premises at 33 High Street, Uxbridge. The 'short cut' steps down from Belmont Road can be seen top, left of centre and a number of road motor vehicles including what were probably two taxis beside the station building can also be seen. The coal depot, bottom right, has a nameboard on its roof. The second part of the name appears to be 'Ramsey' but no trace of a coal merchant by that or a very similar name has been found.
Photo from Britain From Above, reproduced with permission

Station Name: UXBRIDGE (Belmont Road)