Harlesden station explained

Harlesden
Symbol:underground
Symbol2:overground
Manager:London Underground[1]
Owner:Network Rail
Locale:Harlesden
Borough:London Borough of Brent
Platforms:2
Fare Zone:3
Railcode:HDN
Coordinates:51.5364°N -0.2578°W
Years1:15 June 1912
Events1:Opened
Railexits0405:0.340
Railexits0506:0.368
Railexits0607: 0.319
Railexits0708: 0.327
Railexits0809: 0.290
Railexits0910: 0.374
Railexits1011: 0.616
Railexits1112: 0.803
Railexits1213: 0.896
Railexits1314: 1.021
Railexits1415: 1.080
Railexits1516: 1.025
Railexits1617: 1.056
Railexits1718: 1.034 -->
Railexits1819: 1.038
Railexits1920: 1.447
Railexits2021: 0.734
Railexits2122: 1.271
Railexits2223: 1.310
Tubeexits06:2.460
Tubeexits07: 2.196
Tubeexits08: 2.240
Tubeexits09: 2.230 -->
Dft Category:E

Harlesden is a Network Rail station on Acton Lane in northwest London, served by London Overground and by London Underground Bakerloo line trains. The railway line here is the border between the Harlesden and Stonebridge residential area in the east, and the Park Royal industrial estate to the west. The southern end of Willesden Brent Sidings separates the station from the West Coast Main Line.

History

The first station at the site was which was opened in 1841 by the London and Birmingham Railway and closed in 1866, replaced by Willesden Junction station, 0.5miles to the south east. In the Watford DC line program of new electrified suburban tracks of the London and North Western Railway, a new station, "Harlesden", opened on 15 June 1912. Bakerloo line services on the same tracks began on 16 April 1917, via a new junction at Queens Park station. The Watford Junction to modernisation project was completed in 1922.

Transport links

London bus routes 187, 206, 224, 226, 228, 260 and 487.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3736.aspx -->. Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023532/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2006/december/safety-boost-as-london-underground-to-take-control-of-11-silverlink-stations. 13 December 2014. Transport for London. 5 December 2006. 19 February 2015.