Cricklewood railway station
Cricklewood 
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Exterior of main station building at Cricklewood
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 Cricklewood
Location of Cricklewood in Greater London
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| Location | Cricklewood |
| Local authority | London Borough of Barnet |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Station code | CRI |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.067 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.080 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.339 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.494 million |
| 2015–16 |
 1.057 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1870 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°33′31″N 0°12′46″W / 51.5586°N 0.2129°WCoordinates: 51°33′31″N 0°12′46″W / 51.5586°N 0.2129°W |
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Cricklewood railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, serving the town of Cricklewood in the London Borough of Barnet, north London. It is 5 miles 9 chains (8.2 km) down-line from St Pancras and is situated between West Hampstead Thameslink to the south and Hendon to the north. Its three-letter station code is CRI.
It is served by Thameslink services on the cross-London Thameslink route. It is in Travelcard Zone 3.
It was opened on 2 May 1870 as Childs Hill and Cricklewood nearly 2 years after the Midland Railway had built its extension (now called the Midland Main Line) to St. Pancras. The station acquired its present name in 1903.
To the north of the station, a motive power depot was built with a large roundhouse in 1882, with a second in 1893. With this was built a large marshalling yard and, in later years, LMS Garratts would be seen with their massive trains of coal from Toton in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire coalfields.
A loop line, no longer in existence, was built heading north on the western side of the railway yard, then turning east underneath the main line at the viaduct over the River Brent (and also now the North Circular Road), then south on the eastern side. This obviously allowed trains to reverse direction, but also conveniently joined the railway yards on the two sides of the main lines.
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