Kenton is an

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situated on Kenton Road in Kenton, north-west

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. It is on the

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of the

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and the

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of the

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, between Harrow & Wealdstone and South Kenton stations. It also has an

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with Northwick Park station on the London Underground's

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History

The station was one of several built on the

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from Camden to

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which enabled local services from

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to reach

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and Broad Street station in

. The New Line was mostly alongside main line of the

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in 1837. Kenton station was opened on 15 June 1912. It has only ever had platforms on the New Line; parallel main line services call at

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, one stop to the north, with some also calling at

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, three stops to the south.

services began on 16 April 1917. On 24 September 1982, Bakerloo line services to Kenton ended when services north of Stonebridge Park were ended. The closure was short-lived, and the Bakerloo line service was reinstated on 4 June 1984. The station's former coal yard on the east side of the railway, no longer needed for the trains, is now occupied by a

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supermarket.

Services

*London Overground (Lioness line) - four trains per hour in each direction. *London Underground (Bakerloo line) - four trains per hour in each direction.

Connections

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routes

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, H9, H10, H18, H19 and SL10 serve the station.

Access to station

TfL'
''Getting Around''
map showing disabled access (dated April 2011) does not indicate that level access is available at this station. The nearest stations shown with step-free access are Harrow and Wealdstone,

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and

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; some journeys might be more conveniently made by using one of the local buses to Golders Green Station (via route 183) or Pinner Station (via route 183) and continuing from there.

References

Gallery

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train speeds past Kenton on the

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