Kensal Green railway station
Kensal Green  
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 Kensal Green
Location of Kensal Green in Greater London
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| 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 | |
| 2012 |
 2.54 million |
| 2013 |
2.56 million |
| 2014 |
 2.28 million |
| 2015 |
2.56 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
0.939 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.891 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.929 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.884 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.701 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1916 | Opened (LNWR & Bakerloo) |
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| WGS84 | 51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°WCoordinates: 51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°W |
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Kensal Green is a Network Rail station served by London Underground Bakerloo line and London Overground trains. It is located in College Road, London NW10 close to the junction with Harrow Road. It is about 0.5 mile (750m) route distance from the older Kensal Rise station located to the north east on the North London Line, which was itself named Kensal Green until 1890.
The station opened on 1 October 1916 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.
Bakerloo line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.
Since November 2007, National Rail services serving Kensal Green have been operated by London Overground Rail Operations under contract to Transport for London under the London Overground brand; the station is managed by London Underground.
The station was in the news early in 2006, as it was the last station visited by Thomas ap Rhys-Price 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 ap Rhys-Pryce's Oyster Card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the police investigation.
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