Northwick Park | |
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Location | Kenton |
Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 4 |
OSI | Kenton [1] |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2019 | 4.36 million [2] |
2020 | 2.43 million [3] |
2021 | 1.84 million [4] |
2022 | 3.17 million [5] |
2023 | 3.35 million [6] |
Key dates | |
2 August 1880 | Metropolitan Railway passes through here en route to Harrow |
19 July 1908 | Line electrified |
28 June 1923 | Opened as "Northwick Park and Kenton" |
15 March 1937 | Renamed "Northwick Park" |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°34′43″N0°19′07″W / 51.57861°N 0.31861°W |
London transportportal |
Northwick Park is a London Underground station in Kenton in the London Borough of Brent on the Metropolitan line. It lies between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Preston Road stations and is in Travelcard zone 4. The station takes its name from the nearby public park, Northwick Park.
It is close to Northwick Park Hospital and the Harrow campus of the University of Westminster. Kenton station, located on the Bakerloo line and the London Overground, is within walking distance. [7] There is an official out-of-station interchange between these two stations. [1]
On the island platform, there is one of the few surviving K8 telephone kiosks. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is Grade II listed [8]
It is served by "all stations" trains only (northbound fast and semi-fast trains do not stop at stations between Wembley Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill). It takes an average time of 20 minutes from Baker Street.
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: [9]
The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is: [9]
Note that during evening peaks, services to Amersham or Chesham from Northwick Park or Preston Road require a change at Harrow-On-The-Hill.
During the morning peak (06:30 to 09:30), fast services from Amersham and Chesham run non-stop southbound only between Moor Park, Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road whilst semi-fast services from Watford and Uxbridge run non-stop southbound only between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road. During the evening peak (16:30-19:30), fast and semi-fast services, which operate northbound only, call additionally at Wembley Park. [9]
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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Harrow-on-the-Hill | Metropolitan line | Preston Road towards Baker Street or Aldgate |
London Buses routes H18 and H19 serve the station. [10]
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