Kentish Town West railway station

Kentish Town West
Kentish Town West Location of Kentish Town West in Greater London
Location	Kentish Town
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	KTW
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	Kentish Town [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.156 million[2]
2005–06	0.191 million[2]
2006–07	0.824 million[2]
2007–08	0.512 million[2]
2008–09	0.567 million[2]
2009–10	0.470 million[2]
2010–11	0.719 million[2]
2011–12	1.234 million[2]
2012–13	1.623 million[2]
2013–14	1.983 million[2]
Key dates
1867	Opened as Kentish Town
1924	Renamed Kentish Town West
1971	Closed due to fire
1981	Reopened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°32′48″N 0°08′48″W / 51.5468°N 0.1468°W

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

History

The station opened on 1 April 1867 as "Kentish Town", was renamed "Kentish Town West" on 2 June 1924, and closed after a serious fire on 18 April 1971. Despite an announcement in 1976 that the station would not reopen, it was rebuilt and re-opened on 5 October 1981 under British Rail.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

Services

The station is managed by London Overground, which also operates all services from the station. The basic weekday service is six trains per hour in each direction, calling at every station. Four are Richmond to Stratford North London Line services, the remaining two are West London Line services between Clapham Junction and Stratford.^[6] Services are formed of Class 378 Capitalstar electric multiple units, which replaced the older Class 313 EMUs.

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and 393 serve the station.

References

1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Joe Brown (2006). London Railway Atlas. Ian Allan Publishing.
4. Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith (1997). North London Line. Middleton Press.
5. "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.
6. North London Line timetable from 22 May 2011.

See also

• Kentish Town station, on the Northern line and Thameslink.

External links

• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06

• Train times and station information for Kentish Town West railway station from National Rail