Kenton is a railway station on the

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and the London Underground

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, situated on Kenton Road in Kenton, north-west

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. The station is served by

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and

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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 "

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" from Camden to

Watford Junction Watford Junction is a railway station that serves Watford, Hertfordshire. The station is on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), 17 miles 34 chains from London Euston and the Abbey Line, a branch line to St Albans. Journeys to London take between 16 ...

which enabled local services from

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to reach

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and Broad Street station in

. The New Line was mostly alongside main line of the

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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 Harrow & Wealdstone is a London Underground and railway station on the Watford DC line and West Coast Main Line in Harrow and Wealdstone in the London Borough of Harrow. It is on the line from London Euston station. It is also the northern te ...

, one stop to the north, with some also calling at

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, three stops to the south.

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

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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,

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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 Harrow & Wealdstone is a London Underground and railway station on the Watford DC line and West Coast Main Line in Harrow and Wealdstone in the London Borough of Harrow. It is on the line from London Euston station. It is also the northern te ...

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and

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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

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(via route 183) and continuing from there.

References

Gallery

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train speeds past Kenton on the

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

External links

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