mr services were withdrawn on 31 december 1906 and gwr services were withdrawn on 31 december 1910 leaving operations at gunnersbury to the dr (by then known as the district railway), the nlr and l&swr. by 1916, the l&swr's route through hammersmith was being out-competed by the district to such a degree that the l&swr withdrew its service between richmond and addison road on 3 june 1916, leaving the district as the sole operator over that route.