Northwick Park tube station

Northwick Park London Underground
Main station entrance
Northwick Park
Location of Northwick Park in Greater London
Location Northwick Park
Local authority London Borough of Brent
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
OSI Kenton London Underground London Overground[1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013 Increase 3.95 million[2]
2014 Increase 4.44 million[2]
2015 Increase 4.59 million[2]
2016 Increase 4.65 million[2]
2017 Decrease 4.52 million[2]
Key dates
2 August 1880 Metropolitan Railway passes through here en route to Harrow
19 July 1908 Line electrified
28 June 1923 Opened as "Northwick Park and Kenton"
15 March 1937 Renamed "Northwick Park"
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WGS84 51°34′43″N 0°19′07″W / 51.57861°N 0.31861°W / 51.57861; -0.31861Coordinates: 51°34′43″N 0°19′07″W / 51.57861°N 0.31861°W / 51.57861; -0.31861
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Northwick Park is a London Underground station in Northwick Park in the London Borough of Brent on the Metropolitan line. It lies between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Preston Road and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

It is served by 'slow' (all stations) trains only (fast and semi-fast trains do not stop at stations between Wembley Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill). It takes an average time of 20 minutes from Baker Street.

It is close to Northwick Park Hospital, the Harrow campus of the University of Westminster, and the suburb of Kenton. Kenton station on the Bakerloo line and London Overground's Watford DC Line is within walking distance. If a journey is chosen between the northern end of the Metropolitan line and stations on the Watford DC line on Transport for London's journey planner, walking between Kenton and Northwick Park is generally given as the quickest route. It is an official out-of-station interchange between these two stations.

Services

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[3]

  • 2tph Northbound to Amersham (all stations)
  • 2tph Northbound to Chesham (all stations)
  • 8tph Northbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
  • 4tph Northbound to Watford (all stations)
  • 4tph Southbound to Baker Street (all stations)
  • 12tph Southbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[3]

  • 2tph Northbound (morning peak only) to Amersham (all stations)
  • 2pth Northbound (morning peak only) to Chesham (all stations)
  • 10tph Northbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
  • 4tph Southbound to Baker Street (all stations)
  • 12tph Southbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)

Note that during evening peaks, services to Amersham or Chesham from Northwick Park or Preston Road require a change at Harrow-On-The-Hill.

During the morning peak (06:30 to 09:30), Fast services from Amersham and Chesham run non-stop southbound only between Moor Park, Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road whilst Semi-fast services from Watford and Uxbridge run non-stop southbound only between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road. During the evening peak (16:30-19:30), Fast and Semi-fast services, which operate northbound only call additionally at Wembley Park.[3]

Connections

London Buses routes H9, H10, H18 and H19 serve the station.

References

  1. ↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Working Timetable 340 Metropolitan Line. Transport for London. 2017. p. 4.
  • "Northwick Park". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-02-17.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Watford or Uxbridge
Metropolitan line
towards Baker Street or Aldgate
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