Camden Road railway station

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Camden Road
Location of Camden Road in Greater London
Location Camden Town
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Overground
Owner
Station codeCMD
DfT category D
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
OSI Camden Town Underground no-text.svg [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Decrease2.svg 4.561 million [3]
– interchange Increase2.svg 13,965 [3]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 1.482 million [3]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 5,983 [3]
2021–22Increase2.svg 3.071 million [3]
– interchange Increase2.svg 9,073 [3]
2022–23Increase2.svg 3.725 million [3]
– interchange Increase2.svg 11,725 [3]
2023–24Increase2.svg 4.291 million [3]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 10,250 [3]
Key dates
7 December 1850first station opened
5 December 1870resited
25 September 1950Renamed (Camden Road)
Listed status
Listed featureCamden Road Station
Listing gradeII
Entry number1244154 [4]
Added to list11 January 1999
Other information
External links
Coordinates 51°32′30″N0°08′20″W / 51.5418°N 0.1388°W / 51.5418; -0.1388
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Camden Road is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located in the London Borough of Camden in north London. The station is situated in London fare zone 2. There is an official out-of-station interchange with Camden Town tube station on the Northern line of the London Underground, located a 390 metres (1,280 ft) walk away.

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History

The first Camden Road station was opened by the North London Railway in 1850 on the east side of what is now St. Pancras Way. It was renamed Camden Town on 1 July 1870, but closed on 5 December the same year when it was replaced by the current station, a short distance to the west. [5]

Designed by Edwin Henry Horne, it opened as Camden Town by the North London Railway on 5 December 1870, but was renamed Camden Road on 25 September 1950 to avoid confusion with the London Underground Northern line Camden Town which had opened in 1907. Thus, between 1907 and 1950, there were two stations called Camden Town. It remains Horne's only station still operating as such. [6]

Between 14 May 1979 and 11 May 1985 Camden Road was the western terminus of the Crosstown Linkline diesel multiple unit service to North Woolwich.

To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June that year, in order to install a new signalling system and to extend 30 platforms. After the reopening the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service and none on Sundays. [7]

In November 2024 it was announced that toilets would be installed at the station. [8]

Design

The Edwin Henry Horne designed station is a Grade II listed building. [4]

Location

The station is at the corner of Royal College Street and Camden Road. The present Camden Town London Underground station is 450 metres (490 yd) to the southwest of this station. [9] [a] This is an official out of station interchange. London Buses routes 29, 46, 253 and 274 and night routes N29, N253 and N279 serve the station.

It is one of the few railway stations in England in which there is a police station.

Services

The typical weekday service in trains per hour is:

There is now no normal passenger service on the line from Camden Road to Willesden Junction Low Level via Queens Park, though the route can be (and is) used if the line via Hampstead Heath is blocked for any reason.

In addition to the frequent local passenger service, the station is a busy location for freight traffic due to its proximity to the junctions linking the North London line to both the West Coast Main Line at Camden Junction (via the now closed station at Primrose Hill) and the East Coast Main Line at Copenhagen Junction. The former is particularly well used by container trains from the deep water ports at Felixstowe and Tilbury to various terminals in the Midlands and North West of England; it also carried a passenger service (between Watford Junction and Broad Street/Liverpool Street) until 1992.

Proposals

Camden Highline

In the future there may be a walking connection to and from King's Cross station. The Camden Highline is a proposed public park and garden walk transforming a disused section of the North London line between the two stations. [11]

Potential reinstatement of platform 3

Plans for the North London line upgrade originally included reinstatement of the two disused tracks through Camden Road station. In 2008 this was removed from the project to save costs and to ensure the upgrade would be completed in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [12] In a London Rail Freight Strategy released by Network Rail in May 2021, proposed reinstatement of platform 3 as a through platform, with platform 2 becoming a turn back for a potential peak hour service from Camden Road to Stratford with potential to continue these during the off peak. [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ However, the accompanying 2008 photograph shows the original name ("Camden Town Station") still displayed on the parapet of the station building of what is now Camden Road station.

References

  1. ↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London . April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  4. 1 2 "Camden Road Station". Historic England. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  5. ↑ The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford-page 25
  6. ↑ Williams, Michael (2010). On The Slow Train: Twelve Great British railway journeys. London: Preface Publishing. p. 111. ISBN   978-1-8480-9207-5.
  7. ↑ "London Overground to close from Gospel Oak to Stratford as part of £326m upgrade to deliver longer, more frequent trains". TfL. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "London's tube and rail stations to get public toilets, with first seven stations announced". ianVisits. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Walking directions to Camden Town tube station from Camden Road railway station
  10. ↑ "Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford route" (PDF). 15 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Richardson, Tim (14 August 2017). "The Garden Bridge is dead, long live the Camden Highline". The Telegraph.
  12. ↑ Klettner, Andrea (24 September 2008). "North London Line plan cut back to hit Games deadline". Construction News. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  13. ↑ London Rail Freight Strategy Summary Report Network Rail, May 2021 p.14
Preceding station Overground notextroundel.svg London Overground Following station
Kentish Town West
towards Clapham Junction or Richmond
Mildmay line
North London line
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
towards Stratford
Former services
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
West Hampstead
towards Basingstoke 		  Anglia Railways
London Crosslink 		  Highbury & Islington
towards Norwich
Disused railways
Kentish Town West   North London-Watford Link
(LNWR suburban system)		  Maiden Lane
Primrose Hill    Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
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