Castle Bar Park railway station

Castle Bar Park
Castle Bar Park
	Castle Bar Park Location of Castle Bar Park in Greater London
Location	West Ealing
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Station code(s)	CBP
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes (partial, platform 1)
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	81,088
2020–21	26,778
2021–22	41,128
2022–23	66,670
2023–24	101,564
Key dates
1 May 1904	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°31′22″N 0°19′53″W / 51.522820°N 0.331467°W
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Castle Bar Park railway station is in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is on the Greenford branch line, 78 chains (1.6 km) down the line from West Ealing and 7 miles 44 chains (12.2 km) measured from London Paddington.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway. When opened in 1904, it was called Castle Bar Park Halt. The suffix 'Halt' was dropped on 5th May 1969.

The ticket office opens only morning peak hours from Monday to Friday; ticket machines were removed in 2005 due to persistent vandalism. New aluminium and perspex passenger shelters and a replacement "help point" machine were added in 2006. There is also a footbridge linking the platforms so step free access is limited to the Greenford bound platform only.^[4]

As of October 2008, Oyster "pay as you go" can be used for journeys originating or ending at Castle Bar Park.^[5]

Service

All services at Castle Bar Park are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 DMUs.

The station is served by two trains per hour between Greenford and West Ealing on weekdays and Saturdays only. The first train of the day towards Greenford and the last train of the day from Greenford are extended to start and finish at London Paddington.^[6]

There is no Sunday service at the station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
South Greenford		Great Western Railway Greenford branch line Monday-Saturday only		Drayton Green

Connections

London Buses route E11 serves the station.

References

^ National Rail Enquiries. "Station facilities for Castle Bar Park". nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 48
^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Castle Bar Park". National Rail. Retrieved 30 October 2015. Step free access to Greenford Platform. No step free access to or from Ealing BD platform.
^ "Oyster PAYG on National Rail" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009.
^ Table 117 National Rail timetable, December 2022