South Kenton station

South Kenton
South Kenton Location of South Kenton in Greater London
Location	South Kenton
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SOK
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	0.97 million[2]
2013	1.02 million[2]
2014	1.10 million[2]
2015	0.96 million[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–07	75,555[3]
2007–08	57,108[3]
2008–09	44,862[3]
2009–10	0.127 million[3]
2010–11	0.255 million[3]
2011–12	0.271 million[3]
2012–13	0.295 million[3]
2013–14	0.314 million[3]
Key dates
1933	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°WCoordinates: 51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W
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South Kenton is a Network Rail station served by London Underground Bakerloo line and London Overground trains. It is 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. "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
3. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

• Train times and station information for South Kenton station from National Rail