Northwick Park tube station
Northwick Park  | |
|---|---|
 Main station entrance | |
  Northwick Park Location of Northwick Park in Greater London | |
| Location | Kenton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| OSI | Kenton  [1] |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  4.36 million[2] |
| 2020 |  2.43 million[3] |
| 2021 | 1.84 million[4] |
| 2022 | 3.17 million[5] |
| 2023 | 3.35 million[6] |
| 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" |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°34′43″N 0°19′07″W / 51.57861°N 0.31861°W |
 London transport portal | |
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.
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
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrow-on-the-Hill | Metropolitan line | Preston Road towards Baker Street or Aldgate
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Connections
[edit]London Buses routes H18 and H19 serve the station.[10]
References
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2007) |
- ^ a b "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Shown as a dotted line now on the Tube Map"Online Tube Map – May 2019(b)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Historic England (31 May 2023). "K8 Kiosk at Northwick Park Station (Grade II) (1485378)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ a b c Working Timetable 340 Metropolitan Line. Transport for London. 2017. p. 4.
- ^ "Buses from Northwick Park and Kenton" (PDF). TfL. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
Gallery
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Southern entrance -
Northbound platform looking north -
Southbound platform looking south -
Station platform roundel
External links
[edit]
- "Northwick Park". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.
