Camden Road railway station

Camden Road
Camden Road Location of Camden Road in Greater London
Location	Camden Town
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	CMD
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Camden Town [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.578 million[3]
2005–06	0.689 million[3]
2006–07	2.006 million[3]
2007–08	1.356 million[3]
2008–09	1.415 million[3]
2009–10	1.194 million[3]
2010–11	1.833 million[3]
2011–12	3.085 million[3]
— interchange	24,126[3]
2012–13	3.810 million[3]
— interchange	2,977[3]
2013–14	4.736 million[3]
Key dates
7 December 1850	first station opened
5 December 1870	resited
25 September 1950	Renamed (Camden Road)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°32′30″N 0°08′20″W / 51.5418°N 0.1388°W

Camden Road railway station is in the London Borough of Camden in north London. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It is on the North London Line and in Travelcard Zone 2.

The first Camden Road (North London Railway) station was opened in 1850 and was situated on the east side of what is now St. Pancras Way. It was renamed Camden Town (NLR) on 1 July 1870 but was closed on 5 December 1870 when it was replaced by the second station situated a short distance to the west.^[4]

The present station is the second station of this name and is located at the corner of Royal College Street and Camden Road. Designed by Edwin Henry Horne and opened as "Camden Town" by the North London Railway on 5 December 1870, it was renamed "Camden Road" on 25 September 1950 to avoid confusion with the London Underground Northern line Camden Town which had opened in 1907. Thus, between 1907 and 1950, there were two stations called 'Camden Town'.

The present 'Camden Town' London Underground station is 450 metres to the southwest of this station.^[5] However, the accompanying 2008 photograph shows the original name ("Camden Town Station") still displayed on the parapet of the station building of what is now 'Camden Road' station. It is one of the few railway stations in England in which there is a police station.

In addition to the frequent local passenger service, the station is a busy location for freight traffic due to its proximity to the junctions linking the North London Line to both the West Coast Main Line at Camden Junction (via the now closed station at Primrose Hill) and the East Coast Main Line at Copenhagen Junction. The former is particularly well used by container trains from the deep water port at Felixstowe to various terminals in the Midlands & North West of England; it also carried a passenger service (between Watford Junction and Broad Street/Liverpool Street) until 1992.

Services

To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June 2010, in order to install a new signalling system and to extend 30 platforms. After the reopening the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service and none on Sundays.^[6]

The typical weekday service in trains per hour is:

• 4 westbound to Richmond via Willesden Junction.
• 2 westbound to Clapham Junction also via Willesden Junction.
• 6 eastbound to Stratford via Highbury & Islington.^[7]

There is now no normal passenger service on the line from Camden Road to Willesden Junction Low Level via Queens Park.

Connections

London Buses routes 29, 46, 253 and 274 and night routes N29, N253 and N279 serve the station

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
2. "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
3. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
4. The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford-page 25
5. http://goo.gl/maps/1DibD Walking directions to Camden Town tube station from Camden Road railway station
6. "London Overground to close from Gospel Oak to Stratford as part of £326m upgrade to deliver longer, more frequent trains". TfL. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
7. North London Line timetable from 22 May 2011.

External links

• Train times and station information for Camden Road railway station from National Rail