South Kenton is a station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services operated by London Underground on the Bakerloo line and London Overground on the Watford DC line. In the Bakerloo line, the station lies between Kenton and North Wembley stations. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area.
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  South Kenton Location of South Kenton in Greater London | |
| Location | Kenton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground[1] |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code(s) | SOK |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  1.42 million[2] |
| 2020 |  0.97 million[3] |
| 2021 | 0.63 million[4] |
| 2022 | 1.01 million[5] |
| 2023 | 0.82 million[6] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 | 0.545 million[7] |
| 2019–20 | 0.555 million[7] |
| 2020–21 | 0.214 million[7] |
| 2021–22 | 0.419 million[7] |
| 2022–23 | 0.502 million[7] |
| Key dates | |
| 3 July 1933 | Opened |
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| Coordinates | 51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W |
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History
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The station opened on 3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the single island platform serving only the Euston-Watford DC line; this footbridge (which started at the bottom of the embankment) was later replaced by a pedestrian tunnel, cutting out a long climb for passengers entering the station. The station designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn[8] was built in a more modern "concrete and glass" style construction including a "streamlined" waiting room rather than the brick and woodwork LNWR stations elsewhere on the DC line.
The station today
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The station is an island platform and Bakerloo line train doors are not level with it. Therefore, there is a downward step to the train from the platform. The ticket office is at platform level and occupies the north end of the streamlined 1933 building. It is one of the three stations served by London Underground which has no ticket gates[9] and due to the restrictive layout here there are no plans for these to be installed in the immediate future. There is no wheelchair access.
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There are 4tph on the Bakerloo line heading southbound towards Central London and Elephant & Castle and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone.
There are 4tph on the London Overground service to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound.
| Preceding station |   London Overground
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Following station | ||
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| Kenton towards Watford Junction
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Lioness line Watford DC line |
North Wembley towards Euston
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| Preceding station |  London Underground
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| Kenton towards Harrow & Wealdstone
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Bakerloo line | North Wembley towards Elephant & Castle
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Connections
editLondon Buses route 223 serve the station.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 9780860936855.
- ^ FOI request detail: stations with / without ticket barriers on LU and LO
External links
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- Train times and station information for South Kenton station from National Rail