Stonebridge Park station explained

Stonebridge Park
Manager:London Underground[1]
Owner:Network Rail
Fare Zone:3
Locale:Tokyngton/Stonebridge
Symbol:underground
Symbol2:overground
Borough:London Borough of Brent
Events1:Opened
Years1:15 June 1912
Platforms:2
Railcode:SBP
Tubeexits06:2.078
Tubeexits07: 2.084
Tubeexits08: 2.130
Tubeexits09: 2.396
Railexits0405:0.429
Railexits0506:0.474
Railexits0607: 0.370
Railexits0708: 0.484
Railexits0809: 0.391
Railexits0910: 0.483
Railexits1011: 0.734
Railexits1112: 0.901
Railexits1213: 0.973
Railexits1314: 1.099
Railexits1415: 1.130
Railexits1516: 0.832
Railexits1617: 0.811
Railexits1718: 0.778 -->
Railexits1819: 0.794
Railexits1920: 1.116
Railexits2021: 0.579
Railexits2122: 1.004
Railexits2223: 1.188
Coordinates:51.5441°N -0.2754°W
Dft Category:D

Stonebridge Park is a London Overground and London Underground station in Tokyngton and Stonebridge, north-west London. It is on both the London Overground Watford DC line and London Underground Bakerloo line. It is located on Argenta Way, and is named after the nearby junction connecting the North Circular Road (A406) with the Harrow Road (A404).[2]

History

The line serving the station was opened by the London and North Western Railway as part of their "New Line" project on 15 June 1912. It closed on 9 January 1917 and reopened for Bakerloo line trains on 1 August 1917.[3] One of the generating stations supplying this network was on the site of the current London Underground depot north west of the station. The carriage shed, now without direct connection to the DC line, between Stonebridge Park station and Stonebridge Park LU depot was originally built to house LNWR stock using the DC line.

The current station platforms and associated buildings were first built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1948 to a design attributed to John Weeks[4] following destruction of the original structures by bombing in World War II, the booking hall at ground level appears to be the original building. The platform-level style of the rebuilding was different from that of the original DC line stations (but not the same as the 1938 South Kenton station on the same line), utilising concrete and steel rather than brick buildings with wood and glass canopies. The 1948 buildings have themselves suffered two major fires which resulted in the rebuilding of the up side platform buildings and later the partial demolition of the down side platform building. Later upgrading and improvement of the platform structures has retained the basic 1940s shape.

From 24 September 1982 to 4 June 1984 it was the northern operational terminus of the Bakerloo line. London Underground's Stonebridge Park Depot is 500m (1,600feet) to the north-west of the station. The Brent Viaduct, a Grade II listed building built by the London and Birmingham Railway in the 1830s, is immediately south of the station.

Connections

London Buses routes 18, 79, 112, 440 and night route N18 serve the station front.

Local attractions

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.
  2. Address according to Network Rail and Royal Mail (postcode NW10 0RL).
  3. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  4. Book: Lawrence, David . 2018 . British Rail Architecture 1948-97 . Crecy Publishing Ltd . 42 . 9780860936855 .