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Kensal Green station

London Underground and London Overground station

Summary

London Underground and London Overground station

Field	Value
name	Kensal Green
symbol	underground
symbol2	overground
image_name	Kensal Green station MMB 01.jpg
caption	Northbound platform at the station
manager	London Underground
owner	Network Rail
fare_zone	2
locale	Kensal Green
borough	London Borough of Brent
years1	1 October 1916
events1	Opened (LNWR & Bakerloo)
platforms	2
tubeexits05	2.000
tubeexits06	2.387
tubeexits07	2.387
tubeexits08	2.630
tubeexits09	2.185--
railcode	KNL
railexits0405	0.932
railexits0506	0.881
railexits0607	0.387
railexits0708	0.483
railexits0809	0.386
railexits0910	0.538
railexits1011	0.836
railexits1112	0.939
railexits1213	0.891
railexits1314	0.929
railexits1415	0.884
railexits1516	0.701
railexits1617	0.683
railexits1718	0.658
railexits1819	0.632
railexits1920	1.062 --
railexits2021	0.409
railexits2122	0.843
railexits2223	0.974
railexits2324	1.027
railexits2425	1.000
coordinates
dft_category	E

Kensal Green is an interchange station in Kensal Green, London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Willesden Junction and Queen's Park stations. 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. 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

The station opened on 1 October 1916 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 1980 station almost complete before closure of the original.

The original station was replaced in 1980.

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

Since November 2007, services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground under contract to Transport for London; with the station managed by London Underground.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023532/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/december/safety-boost-as-london-underground-to-take-control-of-11-silverlink-stations | archive-date=13 December 2014

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.

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.

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.

Connections

London Buses route 18 and night routes N18 and N118 serve the station.

References

"Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides.
"TfL North West London Bus Map".

Wikipedia Source

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