Brondesbury railway station explained

Brondesbury
Symbol:overground
Locale:Kilburn
Borough:London Borough of Brent
Manager:London Overground
Owner:Network Rail
Railcode:BSY
Platforms:2
Fare Zone:2
Railexits0405: 0.248
Railexits0506: 0.288
Railexits0607: 1.126
Railexits0708: 1.116
Railexits0809: 0.837
Railexits0910: 0.769
Railexits1011: 1.172
Railexits1112: 1.783
Railexits1213: 2.247
Railexits1314: 2.722
Railexits1415: 2.810
Railexits1516: 2.710
Railexits1617: 2.658
Railexits1718: 2.558 -->
Railexits1819: 2.761
Railexits1920: 2.569
Railexits2021: 1.152
Railexits2122: 1.977
Railexits2223: 2.179
Years1:2 January 1860
Events1:Opened as Edgeware Road (Kilburn)
Years2:1 November 1865
Events2:Renamed Edgware Road
Years3:1 January 1872
Events3:Renamed Edgware Road and Brondesbury
Years4:1 January 1873
Events4:Renamed Brondesbury (Edgware Road)
Years5:1 May 1883
Events5:Renamed Brondesbury
Coordinates:51.5451°N -0.202°W
Original:Hampstead Junction Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Dft Category:E

Brondesbury is on the North London line, on a viaduct crossing Kilburn High Road in the Brondesbury area of Kilburn in the London Borough of Brent in north-west London.

It is approximately 200 metres south-east of station and half a mile north-west of station.

Ticket barriers are now in operation.

History

Brondesbury station opened on 2 January 1860 as Edgeware Road (Kilburn) station on the Hampstead Junction Railway.[1] It was renamed several times: Edgware Road on 1 November 1865, Edgware Road and Brondesbury on 1 January 1872, Brondesbury (Edgware Road) on 1 January 1873, Brondesbury on 1 May 1883.[2] [3] A signal box was in use at the station until 5 February 1962.[4]

A number of plans were put forward between 1890 and 1926 to build an underground railway along the Edgware Road, and would have seen the construction of a Tube station at Brondesbury. None of the schemes succeeded and no such line was ever built.[5]

Services

All services at Brondesbury are operated by London Overground using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]

During the late evenings, the services to and from Clapham Junction do not operate.

Connections

London Buses routes 16, 32, 189, 316 and 632 and night route N16 serve the station.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 89 .
  2. http://british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22632 History.ac.uk
  3. Book: London Railway Atlas. Joe Brown. Ian Allan Publishing. November 2006 . Hersham . 0-7110-3137-1 . 0611/3 . p. 21, section A2 .
  4. Book: North London Line (Broad Street to Willesden Jn. via Hampstead Heath. Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith. MP Middleton Press. 1997.
  5. Book: Badsey-Ellis, Antony. London's Lost Tube Schemes. Capital Transport. 2005. 1-85414-293-3.
  6. Web site: London Overground Timetable: Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford. Transport for London. 22 January 2024.
  7. Web site: Bus routes from Brondesbury .