Primrose Hill railway station

Primrose Hill

The station in 1986
Location
Place Primrose Hill
Area London Borough of Camden
Coordinates 51°32′35″N 0°09′17″W / 51.543179°N 0.154672°W / 51.543179; -0.154672Coordinates: 51°32′35″N 0°09′17″W / 51.543179°N 0.154672°W / 51.543179; -0.154672
Grid reference TQ279843
Operations
Original company North London Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Platforms 2 (originally 4)
History
9 June 1851 Original station opened as Hampstead Road[1]
5 May 1855 Second station opened due West[1]
1 December 1862 Renamed as Chalk Farm[1][2]
1 January 1917 Closed[2]
10 July 1922 Re-opened[2]
25 September 1950 Renamed as Primrose Hill[2][3]
28 September 1992 Closed[3]
December 2008 Platform buildings demolished
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Primrose Hill was a railway station at Primrose Hill, in the London Borough of Camden, London, England.

It was opened on 5 May 1855 as Hampstead Road,[1] replacing an earlier station of that name (opened 9 June 1851). It was renamed Chalk Farm on 1 December 1862[2] and became Primrose Hill on 25 September 1950.[3] The station closed on 28 September 1992.[3]

History

The station was at the junction of the line west from Camden Road on the North London Line and the West Coast Main Line. There were platforms on both lines; they could be seen from trains using Euston. The platforms serving Euston closed in 1915. The remaining passenger service was, usually peak hours only, between Broad Street and Watford Junction. After Broad Street closed in 1986 the service ran to Liverpool Street, and by the time Primrose Hill station closed only one passenger train a day was using the line.

A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (left) railways in the vicinity of Primrose Hill (shown here as Chalk Farm N.L.)

When the sweep of the North London Line through Hampstead Heath is closed for emergencies or engineering work, the route through Primrose Hill is a viable diversion for North London Line services to access Willesden Junction (Low Level).

The area is served by the nearby Chalk Farm station on the Northern line of the London Underground.

The station entrance in 1990

The station building still exists, and is occupied by a shop. It is on Bridge Approach at one end of the pedestrianised bridge over the railway tracks. Nearby is The Roundhouse, an 1847 turntable engine shed, now used as an entertainment venue.

The platform canopies and the buildings supporting them were demolished by Network Rail in December 2008.[4]

Plans

The possible future London Overground network

Location of Primrose Hill station

Legend
West Coast Main Line
Watford DC Line

South Hampstead
Primrose Hill tunnels

Northern line Edgware branch

Chalk Farm
Primrose Hill (1855–1992)

Hampstead Road (1851–1855)

North London Line to Richmond

WCML to Euston
Northern line Barnet branch
Camden Town
Camden Road

Northern Line towards Morden
 North London Line to Stratford

It has been proposed to re-open Primrose Hill station by bringing the short stretch of line between South Hampstead and Camden Road stations back into the regular passenger service by incorporating it into the London Overground network.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Camden Road
Line closed, station open		   North London-Watford Link
(LNWR suburban system)		   South Hampstead
Line closed, station open

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 113
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Butt (1995), page 57
  3. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 191
  4. ↑ "Disused rail station demolished". BBC News. BBC Online. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-04. Network Rail said the buildings had fallen into disrepair and the track was still live so, for safety reasons, they were demolished. Campaigners maintained the station should have been reopened to ease congestion on other lines.

Sources

Media related to Primrose Hill railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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