Wembley Stadium railway station
Wembley Stadium 
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Station with White Horse Bridge above
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 Wembley Stadium
Location of Wembley Stadium in Greater London
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| Location | Wembley |
| Local authority | London Borough of Brent |
| Managed by | Chiltern Railways |
| Station code | WCX |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.543 million |
| 2012–13 |
 0.469 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.588 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.578 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.734 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1906 | opened as Wembley Hill |
| 8 May 1978 | renamed Wembley Complex |
| 11 May 1987 | renamed Wembley Stadium |
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| WGS84 | 51°33′15″N 0°17′11″W / 51.5543°N 0.2863°WCoordinates: 51°33′15″N 0°17′11″W / 51.5543°N 0.2863°W |
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Wembley Stadium railway station is a Network Rail station in Wembley Park, Wembley, Greater London on the Chiltern Main Line. At a quarter of a mile (400m) south west of the sports venue it is the nearest station to Wembley Stadium.
The first station to bear the name Wembley Stadium, at (51°33′31″N 0°16′23″W / 51.558638°N 0.273010°W), about half a mile ENE of the present station, was opened by the LNER on 28 April 1923 as The Exhibition Station (Wembley). It had one platform, and was situated on a loop which forked off the Chiltern Main Line between Neasden Junction and Wembley Hill station (now Wembley Stadium station, see below); it then curved round in a clockwise direction to regain the Chiltern Main Line at a point slightly closer to Neasden Junction. The connections faced London to allow an intensive service with no reversing. It was renamed several times to become Wembley Stadium Station in 1928. The station was last used on 18 May 1968 for the 1968 FA Cup Final between Everton v West Bromwich Albion. and was officially closed on 1 September 1969. Traces of the line can be seen on maps and in aerial photographs. The line was normally used only for passenger services for events at the stadium or the Empire Pool within the estate built for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Temporary sidings led into the "Palace of Engineering" exhibition hall where both the Great Western Railway's locomotive Caerphilly Castle and the London and North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman were displayed with each claimed by its owners as the most powerful passenger locomotive in Britain.
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