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Kensal Green station

Kensal Green London Underground London Overground
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Kensal Green is located in Greater London
Kensal Green
Kensal Green
Location of Kensal Green in Greater London
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 Increase 2.54 million
2013 Increase 2.56 million
2014 Decrease 2.28 million
2015 Increase 2.56 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 0.939 million
2012–13 Decrease 0.891 million
2013–14 Increase 0.929 million
2014–15 Decrease 0.884 million
2015–16 Decrease 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°W / 51.530746; -0.22479Coordinates: 51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746°N 0.22479°W / 51.530746; -0.22479
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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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