Kenton station

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Kenton
Location
Place	Kenton
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Operations
Station code	KNT
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.318 million
2005/06 *	0.321 million
Transport for London
Zone	4
2004 annual usage	1.072 million †
2007 annual usage	1.443 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1912
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kenton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
London Transport Portal
UK Railways Portal

Kenton station is a Network Rail station served by London Underground (Bakerloo Line) and London Overground (Euston to Watford Junction) trains. It is located on the south side of Kenton Road in Kenton, a short walk from Northwick Park station on the London Underground Metropolitan Line.

[edit] History

The station was one of several built on the London and North Western Railway's "New Line" from Camden to Watford Junction which enabled local services from Watford Junction station to Euston station and Broad Street station in London. The New Line was mostly alongside the United Kingdom's first mainline railway which had been previously opened by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. Kenton station was first opened on 15 June 1912 and has only ever served the New Line; parallel Main Line services call at Harrow and Wealdstone station, one stop to the north, with some of those same services also calling at Wembley Central station, three stops to the south. Bakerloo Line services began on 16 April 1917. The station had an adjacent coal yard on the east side of the railway; this site is now occupied by a Sainsbury's supermarket, the first use of a permanent nature since coal traffic ceased around the late 1960s.

Northwick Park Underground station is only a 5 minute walk away, which serves the Metropolitan Line, where the University of Westminster Harrow campus is also situated

[edit] References

1. ^ Transport for London - Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations - 5 December 2006.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Kenton railway station from National Rail (Station code: KNT)

• Kenton station is at coordinates 51°34′56″N 0°19′02″W / 51.582136, -0.317230 (Kenton station)Coordinates: 51°34′56″N 0°19′02″W / 51.582136, -0.317230 (Kenton station)

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Harrow & Wealdstone Terminus		Bakerloo line		South Kenton towards Elephant & Castle
London Overground
Harrow & Wealdstone towards Watford Junction		Watford DC Line		South Kenton towards Euston

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