South Kenton station

South Kenton London Underground London Overground
South Kenton
Location of South Kenton in Greater London
Location South Kenton
Local authority London Borough of Brent
Managed by London Underground Limited (LUL)[1]
Owner Network Rail
Station code SOK
DfT category E
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013 Increase 1.02 million[2]
2014 Increase 1.10 million[2]
2015 Decrease 0.96 million[2]
2016 Increase 1.17 million[2]
2017 Increase 1.21 million[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 0.295 million[3]
2013–14 Increase 0.314 million[3]
2014–15 Increase 0.357 million[3]
2015–16 Increase 0.592 million[3]
2016–17 Increase 0.593 million[3]
Key dates
1933 Opened
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WGS84 51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087Coordinates: 51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087
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South Kenton is a National Rail suburban rail station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services operated by Arriva Rail London and London Underground Limited (LUL) services. It is on both the London Overground Watford DC line and Bakerloo line between Kenton to the north, and North Wembley to the south. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate and Windermere Grove in South Kenton, in the Wembley postal area.

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 Euston-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 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 very few 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 regular London Underground trains on the Bakerloo line heading southbound towards Central London and Elephant & Castle and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone.

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is the London Overground service every 20 minutes to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound. The service is every 30 mins evenings and Sundays.

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Preceding station   London Overground   Following station
Watford DC Line
towards Euston
London Underground
Bakerloo line


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