Kentish Town West railway station, on the North London line, is in Prince of Wales Road in the

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. It is in

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. The station and all trains serving it are operated by

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History

The station opened on 1 April 1867 as "Kentish Town", was renamed "Kentish Town West" on 2 June 1924, and no trains called after a serious fire on 18 April 1971. In 1976, British Rail began the procedure for its permanent closure. If no objections were received by 19 November 1976, the station would be deemed closed from Monday 20 December 1976. Despite this announcement, the station was rebuilt and re-opened on 5 October 1981. It was officially opened by Ken Livingstone, Leader of the Greater London Council. The £400,000 cost of rebuilding had been financed entirely by the GLC. The new station consisted of a booking hall and ticket office, plus waiting shelters on the platforms. To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London Line between and Stratford closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June 2010, in order to install a new signalling system and to extend 30 platforms. After the reopening the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service and none on Sundays.

Services

The station is managed by

, which also operates all services from the station. The basic weekday service is eight trains per hour in each direction, calling at every station. Four are

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to Stratford North London line services, alternating with four West London line services between

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and Stratford. Services are formed of ''Capitalstar'' electric multiple units, which replaced the older EMUs.

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and

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serve the station.

References

External links

Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
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