South Kenton London Underground London Overground
South Kenton is located in Greater London
South Kenton
South Kenton
Location of South Kenton in Greater London
LocationKenton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Managed byLondon Underground[1]
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station codeSOK
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease 0.88 million[2]
2019Increase 1.42 million[3]
2020Decrease 0.97 million[4]
2021Decrease 0.63 million[5]
2022Increase 1.01 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Decrease 0.545 million[7]
2019–20Increase 0.555 million[7]
2020–21Decrease 0.214 million[7]
2021–22Increase 0.419 million[7]
2022–23Increase 0.502 million[7]
Key dates
3 July 1933Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°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 station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services operated by London Underground on the Bakerloo line and London Overground on the Watford DC line. In the Bakerloo line, the station lies between Kenton and North Wembley stations. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in 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 designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn[8] 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

Map
Location of South Kenton station

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 4tph on the Bakerloo line heading southbound towards Central London and Elephant & Castle and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone.

There are 4tph on the London Overground service to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound.

Preceding station London Overground Following station
Kenton
towards Watford Junction
 Watford DC line North Wembley
towards Euston
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Kenton
towards Harrow & Wealdstone
 Bakerloo line North Wembley
towards Elephant & Castle

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  7. ^ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 9780860936855.

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