Kensal Green station

LocationQueen's ParkLocal authorityLondon Borough of BrentManaged byLondon UndergroundOwnerNetwork RailStation codeKNLDfT categoryENumber of platforms2Fare zone2London Underground annual entry and exit2018 2.42 million^[1]2019 2.49 million^[2]2020 1.35 million^[3]2021 1.07 million^[4]2022 1.81 million^[5]National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 0.632 million^[6]2019–20 1.062 million^[6]2020–21 0.409 million^[6]2021–22 0.843 million^[6]2022–23 0.974 million^[6]Key dates1 October 1916Opened (LNWR & Bakerloo)Other informationExternal links

• TfL station info page
• Departures
• Layout
• Facilities
• Buses

Coordinates51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°W / 51.530746; -0.22479 London transport portal

Kensal Green is a railway station served by London Underground Bakerloo line and London Overground trains. It is located in College Road, London NW10 close to the junction with Harrow Road. It is about 0.5 mile (750m) route distance from the older Kensal Rise station located to the north east on the North London line, which was itself named Kensal Green until 1890^{[citation needed]}. The station is in a cutting with a tunnel at the western end.^{[citation needed]}

History

The station opened on 1 October 1916^[7] on the new electrified Watford DC line which runs parallel on the north side of the existing London and North Western Railway (LNWR) tracks from Euston to Watford.

The original station was replaced in 1980.^{[citation needed]}

Bakerloo line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.^[7]

Since November 2007, National Rail services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground Rail Operations under contract to Transport for London under the London Overground brand; the station is managed by London Underground.^[8]

The station was in the news early in 2006, as it was the last station visited by Thomas ap Rhys Pryce before he was murdered in a robbery in Kensal Green. The two main suspects had also visited the station that same night, a short time before the murder, and mugged a man on the platform. A suspect also tried to use Pryce's Oyster card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the police investigation.^{[citation needed]}

This incident sparked a major public discussion on station safety and security, mainly because the station was un-staffed when the passenger was mugged. The only security present was CCTV cameras, and the ticket barriers were left open allowing the suspects to enter the station freely. Many high-profile politicians spoke on the issue of station safety and called on train companies to provide security or staff the station until the last train had left the station.^{[citation needed]}

The Mayor of London at the time, Ken Livingstone, became personally involved in this, and publicly attacked Silverlink, the then operator of the station, for not providing staffing or security throughout the station's opening hours. He also stated that any company that wanted to bid for the subsidy to run the train line would have commit to staffing the station until the last train had left. Eventually, towards the last quarter of 2006, Silverlink hired a private security firm to patrol the station, and also had speakers installed in the ticket hall to deter gangs of youths from loitering.^{[citation needed]}

Connections

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver Street Chingford White Hart Lane Highams Park Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park () Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside () North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford Harlesden Kensal Rise Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell () Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping South Hampstead Rotherhithe Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate Junction Peckham Rye Brockley Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ()
Legend
Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line London Underground Weaver line Internal interchange London Trams Windrush line Out-of-station interchange London River Services The new London Overground line names and colours are to be introduced across the London rail network in autumn 2024

London Buses route 18 and night route N18 serve the station.^[9]

See also

• Kensal Rise railway station
• Murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce

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