Staines High Street railway station was on the Windsor & Eton line

Staines to Windsor & Eton Line

The Staines to Windsor Line is a National Rail suburban railway line in England operated by South West Trains. It branches from the Waterloo to Reading Line at Staines in Surrey and runs to Windsor in Berkshire.- History :...

 of the London and South Western Railway

London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...

. It was opened on 1 July 1884 and closed on 1 February 1916 and was built for trains using the West Curve. When passenger services no longer ran via that chord, it became redundant however it remained in use for freight traffic until the mid 1960s after which the embankment was removed. A multi-level car park stands on the site of the chord.