Kenton is a railway station on the
Watford DC line
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The line runs beside the West Coast Main Line (WCML) for most of its length. The London ...
and the London Underground
Bakerloo line
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, situated on
Kenton Road in
Kenton, north-west
London
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. The station is served by
London Overground
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and
London Underground
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The ...
services. It has an
out of station interchange (OSI) with
Northwick Park station on the London Underground's
Metropolitan line. In the Bakerloo line, the station is between
Harrow & Wealdstone and
South Kenton stations.
History
The station was one of several built on the
London and North Western Railway's "
New Line
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" from Camden to
Watford Junction
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which enabled local services from
Watford Junction station
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to reach
Euston station
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and
Broad Street station in
London
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. The New Line was mostly alongside main line of the
London and Birmingham Railway
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in 1837.
Kenton station was opened on 15 June 1912.
It has only ever had platforms on the New Line; parallel main line services call at
Harrow and Wealdstone station
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, one stop to the north, with some also calling at
Wembley Central station
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, three stops to the south.
Bakerloo line
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services began on 16 April 1917.
On 24 September 1982, Bakerloo line services to Kenton ended when services north of
Stonebridge Park were ended.
[ The closure was short-lived, and the Bakerloo line service was reinstated on 4 June 1984.][
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
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supermarket.
Services
*London Overground (Watford DC line) 4 tph in each direction.
*London Underground (Bakerloo line) 6 tph in each direction.
Connections
London Buses routes 114, 183
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, 223
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, H9, H10, H18 and H19 serve the station.
Access to station
TfL'
''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
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and Wembley Park
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; some journeys might be more conveniently made by using one of the local buses to Golders Green Station (via route 183) or Pinner Station
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(via route 183) and continuing from there.
References
Gallery
File:Kenton station look north.jpg, Southbound platform looking north
File:Kenton station look south.JPG, Northbound platform looking south
File:Kenton railway station MMB 04 350266.jpg, A London Midland
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London Midland was created as a result of Gov ...
train speeds past Kenton on the West Coast Main Line
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