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Kensal Green
Kensal GreenLocation of Kensal Green in Greater London
Location	Kensal Green
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	KNL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	2.49 million
2020	1.35 million
2021	1.07 million
2022	1.81 million
2023	1.82 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.062 million
2020–21	0.409 million
2021–22	0.843 million
2022–23	0.974 million
2023–24	1.027 million
Key dates
1 October 1916	Opened (LNWR & Bakerloo)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°W / 51.530746; -0.22479
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Kensal Green is an interchange station served by Bakerloo line services of the London Underground and Lioness line services of the London Overground. It is located in College Road, close to the junction with Harrow Road. The station is in a cutting with a tunnel at the western end. It is about 0.5 miles (750m) route distance from the older Kensal Rise station, located to the north east on the Mildmay line of the London Overground.

History

The station opened on 1 October 1916 on the new electrified Watford DC line which runs parallel on the north side of the existing London and North Western Railway (LNWR) tracks from Euston to Watford.

The original station was replaced in 1980.

Bakerloo line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.

Since November 2007, National Rail services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground Rail Operations under contract to Transport for London under the London Overground brand; the station is managed by London Underground.

The station was in the news early in 2006, as it was the last station visited by Thomas ap Rhys Pryce before he was murdered in a robbery in Kensal Green. The two main suspects had also visited the station that same night, a short time before the murder, and mugged a man on the platform. A suspect also tried to use Pryce's Oyster card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the police investigation.

This incident sparked a major public discussion on station safety and security, mainly because the station was un-staffed when the passenger was mugged. The only security present was CCTV cameras, and the ticket barriers were left open allowing the suspects to enter the station freely. Many high-profile politicians spoke on the issue of station safety and called on train companies to provide security or staff the station until the last train had left the station.

The Mayor of London at the time, Ken Livingstone, became personally involved in this, and publicly attacked Silverlink, the then operator of the station, for not providing staffing or security throughout the station's opening hours. He also stated that any company that wanted to bid for the subsidy to run the train line would have commit to staffing the station until the last train had left. Eventually, towards the last quarter of 2006, Silverlink hired a private security firm to patrol the station, and also had speakers installed in the ticket hall to deter gangs of youths from loitering.

Connections

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield TownTurkey StreetRomford Bush Hill ParkSouthburyEmerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver StreetChingford White Hart LaneHighams Park Watford Junction Bruce GroveWood Street WatfordSeven Sisters Walthamstow Central High StreetHarringayBlackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders ParkCrouch HillSouth TottenhamSt. JamesLeyton Midland Road Hatch EndUpper ()Stamford HillStreetLeytonstone Headstone LaneHollowayStoke NewingtonClaptonHigh Road Harrow & Kentish Town WestRectory RoadWanstead Park () WealdstoneGospel OakCamden Road ()Hackney Woodgrange Park () Kenton ()Caledonian RoadCanonburyDownsBarking South Kenton& BarnsburyBarking Riverside () North Highbury & IslingtonDalston KingslandHackney Central WembleyHampstead HeathDalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal ()JunctionLondon Fields CentralWest Hampstead ( )HaggerstonCambridgeHomerton StonebridgeBrondesburyHoxtonHeathHackney Wick ParkBrondesbury ParkShoreditch High StreetBethnal GreenStratford HarlesdenKensal Rise Kensal Green LiverpoolWhitechapel Willesden Queen's Park StreetShadwell () JunctionKilburn High RoadWapping South HampsteadRotherhithe Shepherd's Bush ()Euston ()Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf ()(limited service)New Cross Clapham Queens Road PeckhamNew Cross Gate Junction Peckham RyeBrockley Acton CentralWandsworth Road Denmark HillHonor Oak Park South Acton() ClaphamForest Hill Gunnersbury High StreetSydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal PalacePenge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ()
Legend
StationNational RailLiberty line Accessible stationThameslinkLioness line Interchange stationElizabeth lineMildmay line Accessible interchangeDocklands Light RailwaySuffragette line Internal interchangeLondon UndergroundWeaver line Out-of-station interchangeLondon TramsWindrush line (   )Nearby interchangeLondon River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

London Buses route 18 and night route N18 serve the station.

See also

• Kensal Rise railway station
• Murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce

References

1. "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.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
7. ^ "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
8. "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
9. "TfL North West London Bus Map" (PDF).

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Station building, 1928

• Train times and station information for Kensal Green station from National Rail

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Willesden Junctiontowards Watford Junction		Lioness lineWatford DC line		Queen's Parktowards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Willesden Junctiontowards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Queen's Parktowards Elephant & Castle
Future services
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Old Oak Commontowards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Queen's Parktowards Elephant & Castle

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