South Kenton station

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South Kenton
Location of South Kenton in Greater London
Location Kenton
Local authority London Borough of Brent
Managed by London Underground [1]
Owner Network Rail
Station code(s)SOK
DfT category E
Number of platforms2
Fare zone 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase2.svg 1.42 million [2]
2020Decrease2.svg 0.97 million [3]
2021Decrease2.svg 0.63 million [4]
2022Increase2.svg 1.01 million [5]
2023Decrease2.svg 0.82 million [6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Increase2.svg 0.555 million [7]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 0.214 million [7]
2021–22Increase2.svg 0.419 million [7]
2022–23Increase2.svg 0.502 million [7]
2023–24Increase2.svg 0.555 million [7]
Key dates
3 July 1933Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates 51°34′15″N0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transportportal

South Kenton is an interchange station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Kenton and North Wembley stations. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area.

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History

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West Coast Main Line south of Kenton in 1955

The station opened on 3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the single island platform serving only the Watford DC line; this footbridge (which started at the bottom of the embankment) was later replaced by a pedestrian tunnel, cutting out a long climb for passengers entering the station. The station designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn [8] was built in a more modern "concrete and glass" style construction including a "streamlined" waiting room rather than the brick and woodwork LNWR stations elsewhere on the DC line.

The station today

South Kenton station
Location of South Kenton station

The station is an island platform and Bakerloo line train doors are not level with it. Therefore, there is a downward step to the train from the platform. The ticket office is at platform level and occupies the north end of the streamlined 1933 building. It is one of the three stations served by London Underground which has no ticket gates [9] and due to the restrictive layout here there are no plans for these to be installed in the immediate future. There is no wheelchair access.

Services

There are four trains per hour on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground heading southbound towards Central London and Elephant & Castle and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone.

There are also four trains per hour on the Lioness line of the London Overground to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound.

Preceding station Overground notextroundel.svg London Overground Following station
Kenton Lioness line North Wembley
towards Euston
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Kenton Bakerloo line North Wembley

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.

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