Kensal Green station

Kensal Green
Kensal Green
	Kensal Green Location of Kensal Green in Greater London
Location	Kensal Green
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	KNL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	2.49 million
2020	1.35 million
2021	1.07 million
2022	1.81 million
2023	1.82 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.062 million
2020–21	0.409 million
2021–22	0.843 million
2022–23	0.974 million
2023–24	1.027 million
Key dates
1 October 1916	Opened (LNWR & Bakerloo)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page ; Departures ; Facilities ;
Coordinates	51°31′51″N0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°W
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Last updated December 03, 2024

Kensal Green is an interchange station served by Bakerloo line services of the London Underground and Lioness line services of the London Overground. It is located in College Road, close to the junction with Harrow Road. The station is in a cutting with a tunnel at the western end.^{[ citation needed ]} It is about 0.5 miles (750m) route distance from the older Kensal Rise station, located to the north east on the Mildmay line of the London Overground.

History

Location of Kensal Green station

The station opened on 1 October 1916^[7] on the new electrified Watford DC line which runs parallel on the north side of the existing London and North Western Railway (LNWR) tracks from Euston to Watford.

The original station was replaced in 1980.^{[ citation needed ]}

Bakerloo line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.^[7]

Since November 2007, National Rail services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground Rail Operations under contract to Transport for London under the London Overground brand; the station is managed by London Underground.^[8]

The station was in the news early in 2006, as it was the last station visited by Thomas ap Rhys Pryce before he was murdered in a robbery in Kensal Green. The two main suspects had also visited the station that same night, a short time before the murder, and mugged a man on the platform. A suspect also tried to use Pryce's Oyster card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the police investigation.^{[ citation needed ]}

This incident sparked a major public discussion on station safety and security, mainly because the station was un-staffed when the passenger was mugged. The only security present was CCTV cameras, and the ticket barriers were left open allowing the suspects to enter the station freely. Many high-profile politicians spoke on the issue of station safety and called on train companies to provide security or staff the station until the last train had left the station.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Mayor of London at the time, Ken Livingstone, became personally involved in this, and publicly attacked Silverlink, the then operator of the station, for not providing staffing or security throughout the station's opening hours. He also stated that any company that wanted to bid for the subsidy to run the train line would have commit to staffing the station until the last train had left. Eventually, towards the last quarter of 2006, Silverlink hired a private security firm to patrol the station, and also had speakers installed in the ticket hall to deter gangs of youths from loitering.^{[ citation needed ]}

Connections

London Overground

			Cheshunt
			Theobalds Grove
			Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford
			Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park
			Upminster
			Edmonton Green
			Silver Street Chingford
			White Hart Lane Highams Park
			Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street
			Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central
			High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road
			Bushey Green Lanes
			Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road
			Hatch End Upper ( ) Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone
			Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road
			Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park ( )
			Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road ( ) Hackney Woodgrange Park ( )
			Kenton ( ) Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking
			South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside ( )
			North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central
			Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston
			Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal ( ) Junction London Fields
			Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton
			Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick
			Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford
			Harlesden Kensal Rise
			Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel
			Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell ( )
			Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping
			South Hampstead Rotherhithe
			Shepherd's Bush ( ) Euston ( ) Canada Water
			Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays
			West Brompton Battersea Park
			Imperial Wharf ( ) (limited service) New Cross
			Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate
			Junction Peckham Rye Brockley
			Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park
			South Acton ( ) Clapham Forest Hill
			Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham
			Kew Gardens
			Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West
			Anerley
			Norwood Junction
			West Croydon ( )

Legend

			Station National Rail Liberty line
			Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line
			Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line
			Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line
			Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line
			Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line
			( ) Nearby interchange London River Services
The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

London Buses route 18 and night route N18 serve the station.^[9]

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References

↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
↑ "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
↑ "TfL North West London Bus Map" (PDF).

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Station building, 1928
Train times and station information for Kensal Green station from National Rail

Preceding station	London Overground		Following station
Willesden Junction towards Watford Junction		Lioness line Watford DC line	Queen's Park towards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Willesden Junction towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line	Queen's Park towards Elephant & Castle
Future services
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Old Oak Common towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line	Queen's Park towards Elephant & Castle

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[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2019-1] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2020-2] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2021-3] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2022-4] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2023-5] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[CULG-7] 1 2 "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2008.

[silverlink-8] "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[9] "TfL North West London Bus Map" (PDF).

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