Hendon railway station is on the

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in England, in

West Hendon West Hendon is a district of Hendon in North London, in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the NW9 part of Hendon, located around the A5 Edgware Road and the Welsh Harp (Brent Reservoir). The area is known for the West Hendon Estate which is un ...

in the

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, north London. It is down the line from and is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is HEN. The station is served by

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-operated trains on the Thameslink route. It is on the boundary of

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and Zone 4. It was built by the

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in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras. From 1875 the Midland opened a service to

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on the

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line and received coaches from the

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for attachment to northbound trains.

Location

The station is on Station Road in

, next to the M1 motorway, about 1 km from Hendon Central.

Services

All services at Hendon are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 4 tph to * 4 tph to (2 of these run via and 2 run via ) During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from , , and , as well as some late evening services to and from . The station is also served by an hourly night service between Bedford and on Sunday to Friday nights.

Development

From March 2009,

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and Thameslink began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton, though in the off-peak these services turn back at Kentish Town. In 2017 the

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and Transport for London published a plan to extend the

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network to Hendon. The scheme, known as the

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envisages re-opening the Dudding Hill freight line to passenger services and running trains from and Hendon to via the planned station. The plans are currently at public consultation stage with TfL. Hendon railway station geograph-2163383

Connections

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routes 83, 183 and school routes

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and

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and night route N5 serve the station.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendon Railway Station Railway stations in the London Borough of Barnet DfT Category E stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway

Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...