"Although the branch line was operated by GWR, it was actually built by a separate private company, the Great Western and Brentford Railway. They secured an agreement for GWR to lease it in 1859, and at the time, it was expected to be mainly used for freight, providing a link between the busy Brentford docks on the Thames and the GWR mainline at Southall."
"Hence, Trumpers Crossing Halte, named after Mr Trumper, the owner of the nearby Warren Farm. The station offered a half-hourly service on weekdays and Sundays, but not Saturdays. Despite the scarce service, there is a slightly odd news story from November 1914, in which it was claimed that heavy pedestrian traffic in the area since the opening of the station meant the GWR should contribute to the cost of building a bridge over the Grand Junction Canal at th"
Trumpers Crossing Halte was a very small wooden station on the Brentford Branch Line of the Great Western Railway, opened in 1904 and closing a century ago. The Brentford Branch Line was built by the private Great Western and Brentford Railway, leased to GWR in 1859, opened to freight in July 1859 and to passengers in May 1860, and formally absorbed by GWR in 1872 and regauged in 1875. The Halte offered half-hourly weekday and Sunday services but no Saturday service. GWR used the French spelling 'Halte' for small stops. The station was named after Mr Trumper of Warren Farm. A 1914 report requested GWR contribute to a canal bridge due to increased pedestrian traffic.
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