Exhibition Station (Wembley) was a railway station in

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in what is now the London Borough of Brent. It was built on a spur to connect the 1924-5

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. Exhibition Station opened on 28 April 1923, the day of

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's first

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. It was later renamed Wembley Exhibition, and then, in February 1928, Wembley Stadium (now the name of the former Wembley Hill station to the southwest). It was only really used to transport spectators to Wembley events. It stopped carrying passengers in May 1968 and officially closed on 1 September 1969.

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Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Brent Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1923 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969 Wembley Former London and North Eastern Railway stations British Empire Exhibition {{London-railstation-stub