Haverstock Hill railway station was opened by the

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on 13 July 1868 when it built its extension to

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. It lay between Belsize Tunnel and Lismore Circus, and served Haverstock Hill,

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and

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For a short period between 1878 and 1880, the Midland Railway operated the

Super Outer Circle The Outer Circle was a London & North Western Railway service in London that operated from 1872 to 1908. The route was from the District Railway station at Mansion House to Earl's Court, then via the West London Railway to Willesden Junction and ...

service through the station from St. Pancras to

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Underground station via tracks through Cricklewood, then using the Dudding Hill Line to South Acton and Hammersmith. The station was closed on 1 January 1916 as a wartime economy measure, and was not re-opened.Radford, B., (1983) ''Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby'' London: Bloomsbury Books The station buildings, which were on the west side of Lismore Circus, remained until the late 1960s when they were demolished. Some remnants of the platforms remain beside the track.

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Abandoned stations - Haverstock Hill
Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Camden Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916 {{London-railstation-stub