- South Kenton station
South Kenton station is a
Network Rail station served byLondon Underground Bakerloo Line andLondon Overground trains. It is located at the south east corner of Northwick Park inWembley .History
The station opened on
3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the singleisland platform serving only the Euston-Watford DC line; this footbridge (which started at the bottom of the embankment) was later replaced by a pedestrian tunnel, cutting out a long climb for passengers entering the station. The station was built in a more modern "concrete and glass" style construction including a "streamlined" waiting room rather than the brick and woodwork LNWR stations elsewhere on the DC line.The station today
The station is an
island platform and Bakerloo Line train doors are not level with it. Therefore there is a downward step to the train from the platform. The ticket office is at platform level and occupies the north end of the streamlined 1933 building. It is one of the very few stations served by London Underground which has no ticket gates and due to the restrictive layout here there are no plans for these to be installed in the immediate future.The tunnel underneath, linking the
South Kenton area to the Sudbury Court Estate inNorth Wembley is fairly dangerous, and lone travellers should avoid it at night, especially as some people on scooters use it as a shortcut.ervice
There are regular London Underground trains on the Bakerloo Line heading southbound towards Central London and Elephant & Castle and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone.
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is the
London Overground service every 20 minutes toLondon Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound. The service is every 30 mins evenings and Sundays.References
External links
* [http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=SOK Train times] and [http://nrekb.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/index.html?a=findStation&station_query=SOK station information] for South Kenton railway station from
National Rail (Station code: SOK)###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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