Wharncliffe viaduct & Hanwell stn

16th August 2007

Wharncliffe viaduct originally constructed by the GWR in 1837 to carry the broad gauge lines from Paddington.

(later widened on the northside in 1877 by constructing an adjoining viaduct to the same design, (with broad gauge being phased out by this time) the adjoining viaduct was narrower to carry the now 'standard' gauge track)

The viaduct is 886ft long and 65ft high
and uses 8 semi-elliptical arches each spanning 70ft, supported by hollow piers (a first for railways at the time) now used also by londons largest bat colony!

Hanwell station built 1875-77 and is now a grade II listed building

Wharncliffe viaduct viewed from the south	A heathrow express speeds towards LHR	The Wharncliffe coat of arms on the centre column
one of the semi elliptical arches spanning the river Brent	looking lengthways thru the hollow support columns	The river Brent
You can clearly see the 1877 extension to the viaduct in this pic	The Wharncliffe coat of arms on the centre column	The viaduct with the river brent underneath
The viaduct now electrified (for the heathrow expressand connect electric EMU's)	Hanwell stn with a HEx speeding westwards	A steam era station sign depicting the original name of Hanwell station
Hanwell station	A 59/1 heads west with an empty stone train for Westbury	Stn detail
360205	332013 +another 332 heads towards LHR	360203 slows for its stop at Hanwell
An HST heads towards its destination London Paddington	FGW's 165112 speeds thru on a smi fast to london paddinton	332012+another332 speeds past towards LHR on the Down main
FGW's 180107 speeds thru towards London Paddington	most usually do!!	another HEx passes over the viaduct