Kentish Town West railway station

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Kentish Town West
Location of Kentish Town West in Greater London
Location Kentish Town
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Overground
Owner Network Rail
Station code(s)KTW
DfT category E
Number of platforms2
Fare zone 2
OSI Kentish Town Underground no-text.svg National Rail logo.svg [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Decrease2.svg 1.866 million [2]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 0.702 million [2]
2021–22Increase2.svg 1.345 million [2]
2022–23Increase2.svg 1.545 million [2]
2023–24Increase2.svg 1.887 million [2]
Key dates
1 April 1867 (1867-04-01)Opened as Kentish Town
2 June 1924Renamed Kentish Town West
18 April 1971Closed due to fire
5 October 1981Reopened
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Coordinates 51°32′48″N0°08′48″W / 51.5468°N 0.1468°W / 51.5468; -0.1468
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Kentish Town West is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on Prince of Wales Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

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History

The station opened on 1 April 1867 as "Kentish Town", was renamed "Kentish Town West" on 2 June 1924, and no trains called after a serious fire on 18 April 1971. In 1976, British Rail began the procedure for its permanent closure. [3] If no objections were received by 19 November 1976, the station would be deemed closed from Monday 20 December 1976. [3] Despite this announcement, the station was rebuilt and re-opened on 5 October 1981. [4] [5] It was officially opened by Ken Livingstone, Leader of the Greater London Council. [6] The £400,000 cost of rebuilding had been financed entirely by the GLC. [6] The new station consisted of a booking hall and ticket office, plus waiting shelters on the platforms. [6]

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 2010, 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]

Services

The station is managed by London Overground, which also operates all services from the station. The basic weekday service is eight Mildmay line services per hour in each direction, calling at every station. Four trains are Richmond to Stratford services, alternating with four services between Clapham Junction and Stratford. [8] Services are formed of Class 378 Capitalstar electric multiple units, which replaced the older Class 313 EMUs.

Preceding station Overground notextroundel.svg London Overground Following station
Gospel Oak Mildmay line Camden Road
towards Stratford

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and 393 serve the station.

See also

References

  1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. 1 2 Long, Charles, ed. (December 1976). "Kentish Town West closure sought". Modern Railways . 33 (339): 463.
  4. Joe Brown (2006). London Railway Atlas. Ian Allan Publishing.
  5. Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith (1997). North London Line. Middleton Press.
  6. 1 2 3 Long, Charles, ed. (November 1981). "New station for the North London Line". Modern Railways . 38 (398): 485.
  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. "Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford route" (PDF). 15 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.