Kingsbury tube station

Coordinates: 51°35′05″N 0°16′43″W / 51.5847°N 0.2786°W / 51.5847; -0.2786
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Kingsbury London Underground
Entrance on Kingsbury Road
Kingsbury is located in Greater London
Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Location of Kingsbury in Greater London
LocationKingsbury
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease 4.73 million[1]
2019Decrease 4.55 million[2]
2020Decrease 3.24 million[3]
2021Decrease 2.07 million[4]
2022Increase 3.37 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyMetropolitan Railway
Key dates
10 December 1932Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°35′05″N 0°16′43″W / 51.5847°N 0.2786°W / 51.5847; -0.2786
 London transport portal

Kingsbury is a London Underground station in northwest London, England. It is on the Jubilee line between Queensbury and Wembley Park stations, in Zone 4, in the borough of Brent.

Although now only served by deep-level tube trains, the section of line serving the station is built to surface gauge, and trains to that larger LU loading gauge occasionally pass through.

History[edit]

Kingsbury station, London Underground 2000.

It was opened on 10 December 1932 as part of the Stanmore branch of the Metropolitan Railway and served by that company's electric trains. After the formation of London Transport in 1933 this branch became part of the LU Metropolitan line and was later transferred to the Bakerloo line in 1939 then to the Jubilee line in 1979. The design style is similar to that of other Metropolitan Railway buildings of the same period rather than to the concrete and glass style used at the same time by the LER group. In common with other nearby Metropolitan Railway stations (e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Neasden, Queensbury) there is an element of fiction in the station name; the area is properly within the eastern extent of Kenton (Kingsbury Road at this point was originally part of the eastern end of Kenton Lane) and Kingsbury proper is actually closer to Neasden LU station.

Location[edit]

The station entrance is in a parade of shops on the south side of the A4006 Kingsbury Road, opposite Berkeley Road.

Connections[edit]

London Buses routes 79, 183, 204 and 324, night route N98, Superloop bus SL10 and non-TFL route 644 serve the station.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

Gallery[edit]

Preceding station London Underground Following station
Queensbury
towards Stanmore
Jubilee line Wembley Park
towards Stratford
Former services
Queensbury
towards Stanmore
Metropolitan line
Stanmore branch (1932–1939)
Wembley Park
Bakerloo line
Stanmore branch (1939–1979)
Wembley Park