Kentish Town West is a station on the

Mildmay line The Mildmay line is the service operated by London Overground on the North London and West London railway lines. It passes through the inner suburbs of London, between Richmond and Clapham Junction in the south-west and Stratford in the east, ...

of the

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, located on Prince of Wales Road in the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London boroughs, borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the former Metropolitan boroughs of the Cou ...

. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The station opened on 1 April 1867 as "Kentish Town", was renamed "Kentish Town West" on 2 June 1924, and no trains called after a serious fire on 18 April 1971. In 1976,

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began the procedure for its permanent closure. If no objections were received by 19 November 1976, the station would be deemed closed from Monday 20 December 1976. Despite this announcement, the station was rebuilt and re-opened on 5 October 1981. It was officially opened by

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, Leader of the

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. The £400,000 cost of rebuilding had been financed entirely by the GLC. The new station consisted of a booking hall and ticket office, plus waiting shelters on the platforms. To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London line between and Stratford closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June 2010, in order to install a new signalling system and to extend 30 platforms. After the reopening the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service and none on Sundays.

Services

The station is managed by

, which also operates all services from the station. The basic weekday service is eight

services per hour in each direction, calling at every station. Four trains are

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to Stratford services, alternating with four services between Clapham Junction and Stratford. Services are formed of ''Capitalstar''

electric multiple unit An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...

s, which replaced the older EMUs.

Connections

London Buses London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages most bus services in London, England. It was formed following the Greater London Authority Act 1999 that transferred control of London Regional Transport (LRT) bus s ...

routes 46 and 393 serve the station.

References

External links

Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
{{London Overground navbox, Serving=y, NLL=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Camden Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1971 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1981 Railway stations served by London Overground Kentish Town Mildmay line stations

History

Services

Connections

See also

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