Northwick Park tube station
{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station|symbol=underground
| name = Northwick Park
| image_name=Northwick Park tube station 1.jpg
| caption = Main station entrance
| locale = Kenton
| borough = London Borough of Brent
| manager = London Underground
| platforms= 2
| fare_zone = 4
| years1 = 2 August 1880
| years2 = 19 July 1908
| years3 = 28 June 1923
| years4 = 15 March 1937
| events1 = Metropolitan Railway passes through here en route to Harrow
| events2 = Line electrified
| events3 = Opened as "Northwick Park and Kenton"
| events4 = Renamed "Northwick Park"
| coordinates = {{coord|51|34|43|N|0|19|07|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| interchange = Kenton {{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{rail-interchange|london|overground}}
| interchange_note = {{Citation London station interchange June 2020}}
}}
Northwick Park is a London Underground station in Kenton in the London Borough of Brent on the Metropolitan line. It lies between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Preston Road stations and is in Travelcard zone 4. The station takes its name from the nearby public park, Northwick Park.
It is close to Northwick Park Hospital and the Harrow campus of the University of Westminster. Kenton station, located on the Bakerloo line and the London Overground, is within walking distance.Shown as a dotted line now on the Tube Map{{cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf|title=Online Tube Map – May 2019(b)|access-date=2019-07-20}} There is an official out-of-station interchange between these two stations.
On the island platform, there is one of the few surviving K8 telephone kiosks. Now used for the TfL internal system, the kiosk is Grade II listed{{NHLE|grade=II|desc=K8 Kiosk at Northwick Park Station|num=1485378|date=31 May 2023}}
Services
It is served by "all stations" trains only (northbound fast and semi-fast trains do not stop at stations between Wembley Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill). It takes an average time of 20 minutes from Baker Street.
The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:{{Cite book|title=Working Timetable 340 Metropolitan Line|publisher=Transport for London|year=2017|pages=4}}
- 2tph Northbound to Amersham (all stations)
- 2tph Northbound to Chesham (all stations)
- 8tph Northbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
- 4tph Northbound to Watford (all stations)
- 4tph Southbound to Baker Street (all stations)
- 12tph Southbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)
The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:
- 2tph Northbound (morning peak only) to Amersham (all stations)
- 2tph Northbound (morning peak only) to Chesham (all stations)
- 10tph Northbound to Uxbridge (all stations)
- 4tph Southbound to Baker Street (all stations)
- 12tph Southbound to Aldgate via Baker Street (all stations)
Note that during evening peaks, services to Amersham or Chesham from Northwick Park or Preston Road require a change at Harrow-On-The-Hill.
During the morning peak (06:30 to 09:30), fast services from Amersham and Chesham run non-stop southbound only between Moor Park, Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road whilst semi-fast services from Watford and Uxbridge run non-stop southbound only between Harrow-On-The-Hill and Finchley Road. During the evening peak (16:30-19:30), fast and semi-fast services, which operate northbound only, call additionally at Wembley Park.
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|system=London Underground|line=Metropolitan|left=Harrow-on-the-Hill|right=Preston Road|to-left=Watford, Chesham, Amersham or Uxbridge
}}
Connections
References
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Gallery
Image:Northwick Park tube station 3.jpg|Southern entrance
File:Northwick Park stn northbound look north.JPG|Northbound platform looking north
File:Northwick Park stn southbound look south.JPG|Southbound platform looking south
Image:Northwick Park roundel.jpg|Station platform roundel
External links
{{commons category|Northwick Park tube station}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/results/results.html?IXsearch=Northwick+Park&button=GO%21 | title=Northwick Park | publisher=London Transport Museum | work=Photographic Archive | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217115558/http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/results/results.html?IXsearch=Northwick+Park&button=GO%21 | archive-date=2014-02-17 | url-status=live }}
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