Queen's Park station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Queen's Park | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | London Underground[1] | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 (6 operational) [2] | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 3.151 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 3.147 million | ||
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| Zone | 2 | ||
| 2005 annual usage | 4.468 million † | ||
| 2007 annual usage | 5.045 million † | ||
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| Key dates | Opened 1879 (LNWR) Opened 1915 (Bakerloo) |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Queen's Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Queen's Park station is a Network Rail station served by London Underground and London Overground with some unadvertised London Midland services. It is in West Kilburn at the southern end of Salusbury Road, London NW6 6NL, near the public park (an extra-territorial possession of the City of London) from which it takes its name.
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[edit] History
The station was first opened by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 2 June 1879 on the main line from London to Birmingham.
Services on the Bakerloo Line were extended to Queen's Park on 11 February 1915. On 10 May 1915 Bakerloo services began north of Queen's Park over the recently-built Watford DC Line tracks shared with the LNWR. Initially services went as far as Willesden Junction, but these were extended to Watford Junction in 1917 when the line was electrified. The Bakerloo line ceased operating beyond Harrow & Wealdstone in the 1980s.
[edit] The station today
All platforms at Queen's Park station are on the surface; the Slow Main Line platforms do not have a regular daytime service, being reserved for use during engineering work or partial line closures. The entrances to the Bakerloo Line tunnels are about 300 metres to the east of the station. Bakerloo Line services starting or ending at Queen's Park normally start or end their journeys in the two centre roads of the 4-road carriage shed immediately to the west of the station. Unusually, Bakerloo Line trains joining or leaving the Euston to Watford DC line do so by passing through the carriage shed on one of the two outer roads. Around a third of Bakerloo Line trains terminate at Queen's Park rather than continuing to Harrow & Wealdstone, Willesden Junction or Stonebridge Park stations.
[edit] Transport connections
London Buses routes 6 (24 hour service), 36, 187, 316 and Night Bus routes N36 pass to the south of the station via one or more of Kilburn Lane, Carlton Vale and Shirland Road. Route 206 passes to the north of the station via Salusbury Road and Brondesbury Road. The triangular road junction south of the station is the "West Kilburn (The Falcon)" terminus for routes 36 and N36. No buses actually pass the station entrance.
[edit] Services
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
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towards Harrow & Wealdstone
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Bakerloo line |
towards Elephant & Castle
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 London Overground |
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towards Watford Junction
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Watford DC Line |
towards Euston
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Transport for London - Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations - 5 December 2006.
- ^ Platforms 5 and 6 at Queen's Park have no regular service.
[edit] External links
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Train times and station information for Queen's Park
- Queen's Park station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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