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  | |
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 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 | |
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
editIt 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 | ||
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| Harrow-on-the-Hill | Metropolitan line | Preston Road towards Baker Street or Aldgate
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Connections
editLondon Buses routes H18 and H19 serve the station.[10]
References
editThis 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
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Northbound platform looking north
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Southbound platform looking south
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Station platform roundel
External links
edit- "Northwick Park". Photographic Archive. London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.