Queen's Park (London) station

Queen's Park
Queen's Park Location of Queen's Park in Greater London
Location	Queen's Park
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Grid reference	TQ245832
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	QPW
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	6 (4 operational)[2]
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	5.53 million[3]
2012	5.41 million[3]
2013	5.58 million[3]
2014	5.84 million[3]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2009–10	2.320 million[4]
2010–11	3.587 million[4]
2011–12	4.057 million[4]
2012–13	4.102 million[4]
2013–14	4.309 million[4]
Railway companies
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 June 1879	Opened as Queen's Park (West Kilburn)
11 February 1915	Bakerloo line service introduced
December 1954	Renamed Queen's Park
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°32′02″N 0°12′23″W / 51.5339°N 0.2063°W

Queen's Park station is a station served by London Underground and London Overground. It is in West Kilburn at the southern end of Salusbury Road, near the public park from which it takes its name. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The station was first opened by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 2 June 1879 on the main line from London to Birmingham.^[5]

Services on the Bakerloo line were extended from Kilburn Park to Queen's Park on 11 February 1915.^[6] On 10 May 1915 Bakerloo services began to operate north of Queen's Park as far as Willesden Junction over the recently built Watford DC Line tracks shared with the LNWR.^[6]

London Midland previously made 3 operational calls daily, which were not found in public timetables. As of the December 2013 timetable these stops no longer exist, with no main line services calling at the station.^[7] Main line services, operated by Great North Western Railway, are scheduled to resume in 2018. ^[8]

Station layout

All platforms at Queen's Park station are on the surface; the slow main line platforms (platforms 5 and 6) are reserved for use during engineering work or partial line closures. The Bakerloo line tunnel portals are about 300 metres (980 ft) to the east of the station. The two inner station tracks, platforms 3 (westbound) and 2 (eastbound), split into four tracks in a carriage shed to the west of the station. Bakerloo line services starting or ending at Queen's Park normally do so in the two centre tracks of the 4-track carriage shed. Bakerloo line trains joining or leaving the Watford DC Line do so by passing through the carriage shed on one of the two outer tracks, which merge into the Watford DC Line, the latter of which becomes the station's outer tracks. Around a third of Bakerloo line trains terminate at Queen's Park rather than continuing to Willesden Junction or Stonebridge Park or Harrow & Wealdstone stations. All platforms are accessed through ticket barriers.

Connections

London Buses routes 6, 36, 187, 206, and 316 serve the station.

Future improvements and services

Great North Western Railway has been given permission to run 6 trains a day from London to Blackpool North stopping at Queen's Park from 2018. ^[8] Queen's Park may be the service's terminus, as stopping patterns including permission to run the service beyond Queen's Park to London Euston, are dependent upon future infrastructural work to the West Coast Main Line. ^[8]

Queen's Park is planned to become a step-free station and the project will be completed in 2019.^[9]

References

1. "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.
2. Platforms 5 and 6 at Queen's Park have no regular service.
3. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
4. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
5. "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
6. Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
7. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 66 & Network Rail Working TimeTable CB01, 8 December 2013 - 17 May 2014 (Network Rail)
8. Topham, Gwyn. "Virgin has a rival: GNWR to run London to Blackpool west coast rail service". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
9. Step-free Access - Transport for London

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Queen's Park station, 1925
  • Main line and Underground stock trains at Queen's Park, 1933

• Train times and station information for Queen's Park (London) station from National Rail