Willesden Green tube station

Willesden Green
Main building viewed from the south-east
Willesden Green Location of Willesden Green in Greater London
Location	Willesden
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Grid reference	TQ233849
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	8.23 million
2013	8.56 million
2014	8.82 million
2015	8.96 million
Railway companies
Original company	Metropolitan Railway
Key dates
24 November 1879 (1879-11-24)	Opened as Willesden Green
1 June 1894	Renamed Willesden Green and Cricklewood
1938	Renamed Willesden Green
20 November 1939	Bakerloo line service introduced
7 December 1940	Metropolitan line service withdrawn
3 January 1966	Goods yard closed
1 May 1979	Bakerloo line service replaced by Jubilee line
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1391808
Added to list	07 November 2006
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°32′57″N 0°13′18″W / 51.5492°N 0.2217°W / 51.5492; -0.2217Coordinates: 51°32′57″N 0°13′18″W / 51.5492°N 0.2217°W / 51.5492; -0.2217

Willesden Green is a London Underground station on Walm Lane in Willesden. It is served by the Jubilee line and is between Dollis Hill and Kilburn. Metropolitan line trains also pass through the station, but do not usually stop. The station is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

The station opened on 24 November 1879 on the Metropolitan Railway (later the Metropolitan line). From 1894 to 1938 it was known as Willesden Green and Cricklewood station. From 20 November 1939 it also served the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line, with Met services being withdrawn the following year. It transferred to the Jubilee line in 1979. The station still has platforms on the Metropolitan line, but these are not in regular use and are only used when the Jubilee line is not serving the station due to planned engineering works or severe service disruption.

The main station buildings, which date from the reconstruction of 1925, are fine examples of the work of Charles Walter Clark, the Metropolitan Railway's architect, who used this style of marble white faience for several 'central' area stations. The diamond-shaped clock is also a trademark of his style. The ticket hall interior, which retains much of the original green tesserae mosaic tiling, is a rare survival and was one of the reasons that led to the station being made a Grade II Listed Building in December 2006.

Willesden Green is one of the few stations on the southern section of the former Metropolitan Main line to still have its original platform buildings intact and its architecture is typical for a station serving a medium-sized town. Baker Street and Neasden are the other stations to have their platform buildings intact. The line between Finchley Road and Harrow-on-the-Hill was quadrupled between 1914–1916, and many intermediate stations had to be rebuilt to enable the fast lines to be built.