Kensal Green station

Kensal Green
Kensal Green
	Northbound platform at the station
	Interactive map of Kensal Green
General information
Location	Kensal Green
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail;
Station code	KNL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2021	1.07 million
2022	1.81 million
2023	1.82 million
2024	1.89 million
2025	1.88 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21	0.409 million
2021–22	0.843 million
2022–23	0.974 million
2023–24	1.027 million
2024–25	1.000 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

Kensal Green is an interchange station in Kensal Green, London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Willesden Junction and Queen's Park stations. 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.^{[citation needed]} 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^[7] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Bakerloo line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.^[7]

Since November 2007, services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground under contract to Transport for London; with the station managed by London Underground.^[8]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

1986 collision

On 16 October 1986, a London Underground 1959 Stock train operating service 2A18 was struck from the rear by British Rail service 2C38, a British Rail Class 313, just north of Kensal Green tunnel. The collision injured 23 passengers and caused severe damage to the rear cars of the Underground train. The Department of Transport investigation found that a faulty aspect displayed at signal KG8 caused the driver of 2C38 to proceed when it was unsafe.^[9]^[10]

Connections

London Buses route 18 and night routes N18 and N118 serve the station.^[11]

References

↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
1 2 "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
↑ "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.
↑ Report on the Collision that occurred on 16th October 1986 at Kensal Green station (PDF) (Report). Department of Transport. 1986. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
↑ Hughes, Seren (2 July 2021). "London Underground: The awful day a British Rail train crashed into a Tube train at Kensal Green". MyLondon. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
↑ "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 Junction towards Watford Junction		Lioness line Watford DC line	Queen's Park towards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Willesden Junction towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line	Queen's Park towards Elephant & Castle
Future services
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Old Oak Common towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line	Queen's Park towards Elephant & Castle

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2021-1] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2022-2] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2023-3] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2024-4] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2025-5] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.

[CULG-7] 1 2 "Bakerloo Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2008.

[silverlink-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.

[HMRI1986-9] Report on the Collision that occurred on 16th October 1986 at Kensal Green station (PDF) (Report). Department of Transport. 1986. Retrieved 8 July 2026.

[MyLondon-10] Hughes, Seren (2 July 2021). "London Underground: The awful day a British Rail train crashed into a Tube train at Kensal Green". MyLondon. Retrieved 9 July 2026.

[11] "TfL North West London Bus Map" (PDF).

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History

1986 collision

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