Uxbridge High Street railway station in Uxbridge, England, was on what is now Oxford Road near its junction with Sanderson Road. It was the southern terminus and only station on the Great Western Railway (GWR) branch line from the GWR/GCR joint line, which is now the Chiltern Main Line.
The station opened on 1 May 1907; the service was suspended between January 1917 and May 1920. The station closed to passengers on 25 September 1939, goods services continued until the station closed completely in July 1964.
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