Northwick Park tube station

Summary

Northwick Park is a London Underground station in Kenton in the London Borough of Brent on the Metropolitan line. It lies between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Preston Road stations and is in Travelcard zone 4. The station takes its name from the nearby public park, Northwick Park.

Northwick Park London Underground
Main station entrance
Northwick Park is located in Greater London
Northwick Park
Northwick Park
Location of Northwick Park in Greater London
LocationKenton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
OSIKenton London Underground London Overground[1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease 3.98 million[2]
2019Increase 4.36 million[3]
2020Decrease 2.43 million[4]
2021Decrease 1.84 million[5]
2022Increase 3.17 million[6]
Key dates
2 August 1880Metropolitan Railway passes through here en route to Harrow
19 July 1908Line electrified
28 June 1923Opened as "Northwick Park and Kenton"
15 March 1937Renamed "Northwick Park"
Other information
External links
  • TfL station info page
Coordinates51°34′43″N 0°19′07″W / 51.57861°N 0.31861°W / 51.57861; -0.31861
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It is close to Northwick Park Hospital and the Harrow campus of the University of Westminster. Kenton station, located on the Bakerloo line and the London Overground, is within walking distance.[7] There is an official out-of-station interchange between these two stations.[1]

On the island platform, there is one of the few surviving K8 telephone kiosks. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is Grade II listed[8]

Services edit

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.

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]

  • 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:[9]

  • 2tph Northbound (morning peak only) to Amersham (all stations)
  • 2tph 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.[9]

Preceding station   London Underground Following station
Harrow-on-the-Hill
towards Watford or Uxbridge
Metropolitan line Preston Road

Connections edit

London Buses routes H18 and H19 serve the station.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ Shown as a dotted line now on the Tube Map"Online Tube Map – May 2019(b)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ Historic England (31 May 2023). "K8 Kiosk at Northwick Park Station (Grade II) (1485378)". National Heritage List for England.
  9. ^ a b c Working Timetable 340 Metropolitan Line. Transport for London. 2017. p. 4.
  10. ^ "Buses from Northwick Park and Kenton" (PDF). TfL. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

Gallery edit

External links edit

  • "Northwick Park". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.