At the time, Stanmore was a remote, rural location, and Gordon built his own railway line from Harrow in an attempt to attract affluent clientele to his country hotel.

He negotiated a contract with the LNWR, the railway company that owned the mainline at Harrow, to operate the Stanmore line on his behalf.

To allay the concerns of the local inhabitants — and to appeal to his well-heeled customers — Gordon commissioned an architect to design an elegant station building that resembled a Gothic-style English country church.

An intermediate station on the LMS branch line was constructed at Belmont in order to attract more passengers, opening on 12 September 1932.

The Stanmore Village platform buildings were demolished in the 1970s for the construction of a road of new houses, September Way, which was built along part of the track alignment.

The supporting pillars bore the coat of arms of the Gordon family: three boars' heads surrounded by thistles and roses.

[3] Stanmore Village station was used as a filming location for several productions including The Gold Express (1955), which starred Vernon Gray and Ivy St. Helier, and a BBC television play, The Sun and I (1955).