Kentish Town West railway station

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. If no objections were received by 19 November 1976, the station would be deemed closed from Monday 20 December 1976. Despite this announcement, the station was rebuilt and re-opened on 5 October 1981. It was officially opened by Ken Livingstone, Leader of the Greater London Council. The £400,000 cost of rebuilding had been financed entirely by the GLC. The new station consisted of a booking hall and ticket office, plus waiting shelters on the platforms.

To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London line between 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.

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. Services are formed of Capitalstar electric multiple units, which replaced the older EMUs.

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and 393 serve the station.

References

References

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