North Wembley station

North Wembley
Southbound platform at the station
North Wembley Location of North Wembley in Greater London
Location	North Wembley
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground Limited [1]
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	NWB
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (facing 6 tracks)
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	1.57 million [2]
2020	1.23 million [3]
2021	0.78 million [4]
2022	1.20 million [5]
2023	1.30 million [6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.929 million [7]
2020–21	0.431 million [7]
2021–22	0.812 million [7]
2022–23	0.943 million [7]
2023–24	1.049 million [7]
Key dates
15 June 1912	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°33′46″N0°18′14″W / 51.5627°N 0.3040°W / 51.5627; -0.3040
London transportportal

North Wembley is an interchange station in North Wembley, north-west London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between South Kenton and Wembley Central stations. The station is located on the south side of East Lane, part of the London Borough of Brent, serving residents of North Wembley and western parts of Wembley Park.

History

Location of North Wembley station

The station was first opened by the London and North Western Railway on 15 June 1912 as part of the New Line between Euston and Watford Junction; LER Bakerloo line services began on 16 April 1917. Originally to be called East Lane, after the road passing over the railway at this location, it was named North Wembley from opening. It was built to the same general design as the other new stations on the same line and the layout at North Wembley station makes it almost identical to Kenton two stops to the north. Ticket gates and departure boards were recently^{[ when? ]} installed at this station.

Services

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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

Platform 1 for southbound services.

• Services to London Euston operated by London Overground (Lioness line) – approximately every 15 minutes (4tph).
• Services to Elephant & Castle operated by London Underground (Bakerloo line) – every 15 minutes (4tph).

Platform 2 for northbound services.

• Services to Watford Junction operated by London Overground (Lioness line) – approximately every 15 minutes (4tph).
• Services to Harrow and Wealdstone operated by London Underground (Bakerloo line) – every 15 minutes (4tph).

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
South Kenton towards Watford Junction		Lioness line Watford DC line		Wembley Central towards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
South Kenton towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Wembley Central towards Elephant & Castle

Connections

London Buses route 245 and London Buses route 483 serve the station.

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

• Train times and station information for North Wembley station from National Rail