Brondesbury Park railway station is a

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station in

Brondesbury Park Brondesbury Park is a suburb and electoral ward of the London Borough of Brent. It is the part of Brondesbury which is not interwoven with Kilburn, London, Kilburn due to the naming of a major tube station (Kilburn tube station, Kilburn) and is ...

in the

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on the

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which is managed by

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. It is close to the Queen's Park area.

History

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The

Hampstead Junction Railway The Hampstead Junction Railway was a railway line in north-west London, England, opened in 1860. It connected the existing North London Railway at Camden with the North and South Western Junction Railway. It ran through open country but encourage ...

route between (Low Level) and (via ) opened in 1860, but at first there were no stations west of . The line was absorbed by the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

in 1867, but it was not until 1 June 1908 that a station at ''Brondesbury Park'' was opened.

Service

Brondesbury Park currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which is operated by Class 378 trainsets. Off-peak: *8tph to Stratford *4tph to

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*4tph to

Clapham Junction Clapham Junction is an urban locality around Clapham Junction railway station in London, England. Despite its name, it is not located in Clapham, but forms the commercial centre of Battersea. Clapham Junction was a scene of disturbances durin ...

The last westbound train terminates at Willesden Junction Low Level (the first of the day in the other direction also starts there).

Connections

London Buses route 206 serves the station.

References

External links

Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
{{UK railway stations Railway stations in the London Borough of Brent Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations served by London Overground 1908 establishments in England