Willesden railway station was a station about north of Acton Lane level crossing in Harlesden, Middlesex, opened in 1841 by the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) on what became the West Coast Main Line (WCML). It had wooden platforms about (5 coach lengths) long beside each of the two tracks, a small wooden ticket office with an awning and a coal siding. It was about south of the original village of Willesden, in what is now the

London Borough of Brent The London Borough of Brent () is a London boroughs, London borough in north-west London. It borders the boroughs of London Borough of Harrow, Harrow to the north-west, London Borough of Barnet, Barnet to the north-east, London Borough of Camden ...

. It closed later the same year, reopened in 1844 and closed finally when the L&BR's successor, the

London and North Western Railway The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the L&NWR was the largest joint stock company in the United Kingdom. In 1923, it became a constituent of the Lo ...

(LNWR), opened Willesden Junction station about to the southeast on 1 September 1866.Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley- page 92 On 15 June 1912 the LNWR opened a new station, known as Harlesden, near the site.

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