Kew Railway Bridge

Kew Railway Bridge
Kew Railway Bridge
Carries	North London Line of the London Overground London Underground District line
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Kew
Maintained by	Network Rail
Heritage status	Grade II listed structure
Characteristics
Design	Lattice girder
Material	Wrought iron
Total length	575 feet
Number of spans	5
History
Designer	W. R. Galbraith
Opened	1869

Kew Railway Bridge stonework

Kew Railway Bridge (or Strand-on-the-Green Bridge) spans the River Thames in London, England, between Kew and Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick. The bridge, which was given Grade II listed structure protection in 1983, was designed by W. R. Galbraith and built by Brassey & Ogilvie for the London and South Western Railway. The bridge is part of an extension to the latter company's railway line from Acton Junction to Richmond. The bridge was opened in 1869 and consists of five wrought iron lattice girder spans of 35 metres each. The cast iron piers are decorated in three stages. During the second world war a pillbox was built to guard it on the south end, along with an open enclosure to fire an anti-tank gun from.

The bridge carries two tracks which are electrified with both third rail and London Underground-style fourth rail. It is now owned by Network Rail and used by London Overground for North London Line passenger trains running between Richmond and Stratford. The same tracks are also used by London Underground's District line trains running between Richmond and Upminster.

In fiction

In The Dalek Invasion of Earth, a 1964 serial from the BBC's Doctor Who, the TARDIS materialises under Kew Railway Bridge, where it is subsequently trapped when the bridge collapses.

See also

• Crossings of the River Thames

• List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom