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South Kenton station

London Underground and railway station

Summary

London Underground and railway station

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owner	Network Rail
locale	Kenton
borough	London Borough of Brent
platforms	2
fare_zone	4
railcode	SOK
image_name	Southkenton88.jpg
caption	Station platform in October 2006
coordinates
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South Kenton is an interchange station in Kenton, north-west London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Kenton and North Wembley stations. The station is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area. It is in London fare zone 4.

History

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, 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

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 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 to Elephant & Castle in Central London and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone in the north-west.

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

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.

References

Lawrence, David. (2018). "British Rail Architecture 1948-97". Crecy Publishing Ltd.
[https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0362-2223 FOI request detail: stations with / without ticket barriers on LU and LO]

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