The Railway Tavern - Richmond white plaque

Richmond upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

The Railway Tavern The coming of the railway in 1846 led to the opening of new taverns and public houses in the section of Kew Gardens now called the Quadrant. The Railway Tavern dates back to 1849, originally known as the Locomotive. The first mention of the Locomotive as a public house was in 1849

when two people were killed in a railway accident. An Old Bailey trial reported that a group of railway workers had taken refreshment there before operating a light engine that they drove into the pa

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