Wembley Central railway station
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 Wembley Central
Location of Wembley Central in Greater London
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| Location | Wembley |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | WMB |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 6 (4 in use) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2009 |
 4.228 million |
| 2012 |
5.18 million |
| 2013 |
 4.59 million |
| 2014 |
5.52 million |
| 2015 |
5.79 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
2.655 million |
| 2012–13 |
2.523 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.973 million |
| 2014–15 |
3.172 million |
| 2015–16 |
3.384 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1842 | Station opened as "Sudbury" |
| 1 May 1882 | Renamed "Sudbury & Wembley" |
| 1 November 1910 | renamed "Wembley for Sudbury" |
| 16 April 1917 | Bakerloo line |
| 1948 | Street level buildings reconstructed within shopping arcade |
| 5 July 1948 | renamed "Wembley Central" |
| 24 September 1982 | Bakerloo line service withdrawn |
| 4 June 1984 | Bakerloo line service re-instated |
| June 2008 | Station building demolished for re-development |
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| WGS84 | 51°33′09″N 0°17′48″W / 51.552633°N 0.29663°WCoordinates: 51°33′09″N 0°17′48″W / 51.552633°N 0.29663°W |
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Wembley Central is an interchange station in Wembley, in north-west London, served by London Underground Bakerloo line, London Overground, London Midland and Southern. It is on the modest-sized east-west High Road. The station serves Wembley Stadium.
As of December 2015, the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:
Wembley Central has the appearance of an underground station due to the elevated position of the High Road (where the main entrance was until recently behind a 1940s shopping arcade) and the enclosed nature of the platforms below the raft upon which Station Square is built; it is actually generally at or above the local ground level, having been reconstructed by British Rail in its current form during the 1960s electrification of the West Coast Main Line. It is the first station out of Euston to have platforms on all three pairs of tracks and the combination of the confined space and through trains passing at speed on platforms 3-6 (the main line platforms) create a wind tunnel effect which can be dangerous for passengers.
As a result, the main line platforms (for Southern, London Midland, and Wembley Stadium additional services) are locked out of use for most of the day and entrance is only allowed 10 minutes before the trains are due, the Southern services, which use platforms 5 and 6 (on the slow main line). Passengers alighting from these services must make their way to the end of the platform and staff will lead them out of the station. Gates into these platforms open 10 minutes before the train is expected to arrive.
The station was modernised in 2006 with additional safety features.
When a major event occurs at Wembley Stadium, all London Midland services call here always stopping at platforms 5 and 6. Virgin Trains' services are formed of trains which are too long for the platforms and take longer to set down and pick up. As a result, these services will make additional stops at Watford Junction or Milton Keynes, for customers to change onto London Midland or Southern services.
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