Kenton station

Kenton
Kenton Location of Kenton in Greater London
Location	Kenton
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	KNT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
OSI	Northwick Park [2]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	1.97 million[3]
2013	2.02 million[3]
2014	1.96 million[3]
2015	2.12 million[3]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	0.296 million[4]
2008–09	0.266 million[4]
2009–10	0.413 million[4]
2010–11	0.820 million[4]
2011–12	0.993 million[4]
2012–13	1.012 million[4]
2013–14	1.066 million[4]
Key dates
1912	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°34′56″N 0°19′02″W / 51.5821°N 0.3172°WCoordinates: 51°34′56″N 0°19′02″W / 51.5821°N 0.3172°W
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Kenton is a railway station served by London Underground (Bakerloo line) and London Overground (Watford DC Line) trains. It is located on the south side of Kenton Road in Kenton, a short walk from Northwick Park station on the London Underground Metropolitan line.

History

The station was one of several built on the London and North Western Railway's "New Line" from Camden to Watford Junction which enabled local services from Watford Junction station to reach Euston station and Broad Street station in London. The New Line was mostly alongside main line of the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837.

A London Midland Class 350 train speeds past Kenton on the West Coast Main Line.

Kenton station was opened on 15 June 1912.^[5] It has only ever had platforms on the New Line; parallel main line services call at Harrow and Wealdstone station, one stop to the north, with some also calling at Wembley Central station, three stops to the south.

Bakerloo line services began on 16 April 1917.^[6] On 24 September 1982, Bakerloo line services to Kenton ended when services north of Stonebridge Park were ended.^[6] The closure was short-lived, and the Bakerloo line service was reinstated on 4 June 1984.^[6]

The station's former coal yard on the east side of the railway, no longer needed for the trains, is now occupied by a Sainsbury's supermarket.

Services

• London Overground (Watford DC Line) 3 tph in each direction.
• London Underground (Bakerloo line) 6 tph in each direction.

Connections

London Buses routes 114, 183, 223, H9, H10 and H18 and H19 serve the station.

Access to Station

TfL's Getting Around map showing disabled access (dated April 2011) does not indicate that level access is available at this station. The nearest stations shown with step-free access are Harrow and Wealdstone, Kingsbury and Wembley Park; some journeys might be more conveniently made by using one of the local buses to Golders Green Station (via route 183) or Pinner Station (via route 183) and continuing from there.

References

1. "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
3. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
4. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
5. "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
6. Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.

External links

• Train times and station information for Kenton station from National Rail