Hammersmith (Grove Road) railway station was on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). It was located in Grove Road (now Hammersmith Grove), Hammersmith, adjacent to the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines station.
For much of its existence the station was also served by the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) and the Great Western Railway (GWR).
L&SWR trains serving the station ran from Waterloo via Addison Road (now Kensington (Olympia)) to Richmond. MR and GWR trains ran from Paddington via the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR, now the Hammersmith & City line) and also on to Richmond.
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