Northolt Park railway station is a

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station in

Northolt Northolt is a town in West London, England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road. It is west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the seven major towns that make up the London Borough of Ealing. It had a population of 30,304 at ...

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. It is in Cadogan Close and spans the boundary between the

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and the

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, with a footbridge connecting the north side (leading to

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and

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) to the south side (leading to Northolt and

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on the

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is by foot from Northolt Park Station. Northolt Underground station on the Central line is less than away and is accessible by the 140 and X140 buses from Northolt Road. The service to the station has much improved (until the late 1990s only peak hour trains stopped there)

History

The

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line to

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from

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opened in 1906 but this station (originally known as

and

) was not opened until 1926, being given its current name in 1929.

Services

The off-peak service on all days in trains per hour (tph) is: * 1 tph to

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* 1 tph to

Connections

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routes 140,

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, 398,

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, X140 and N140 serve the station.

References

External links

Chiltern Railways page for Northolt Park station

Images of Northolt Park

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