Kensal Green station

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Kensal Green
Location
Place	Kensal Green, Harlesden
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Operations
Managed by	Silverlink
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	2.035 million
National Rail
Station code	KNL
Annual entry/exit	0.931 million *
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1916
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF)
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Kensal Green station is both a London Underground station and a National Rail station. It is at Kensal Green and is on the Bakerloo Line, between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction. Silverlink trains run between Euston and Watford Junction. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Notable events 2 Future 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The station opened on 1 October 1916 as a new stop on the existing London and North Western Railway (LNWR) tracks to Euston. Bakerloo Line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.

[edit] Notable events

The station was in the news early in 2006, after it was the last station visited by Thomas Ap Rhys-Pryce before he was murdered in a robbery in Kensal Green. The two main suspects had also visited the station that same night, a short time before the murder and mugged a man on the platform. A suspect also tried to use Ap Rhys-Pryce's Oyster Card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the Police investigation.

This incident sparked a major public discussion on station safety and security, mainly because the station was un-staffed when the suspects mugged the man on the platform. The only security present was CCTV cameras, and the ticket barriers were left open allowing the suspects to enter the station freely. Many high-profile politicians spoke on the issue of station safety and called on train companies to provide security or staff the station until the last train had left the station. The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, became personally involved in this, and publicly attacked Silverlink, the train company who manage the station, for not providing all-night staffing or security. He also stated that any company that wanted to bid for the subsidy to run the train line currently held by Silverlink, would have to staff the station until the last train has left the station. Eventually, towards the last quarter of 2006, Silverlink hired a private secutiry firm to patrol the station, and also had speakers installed in the ticket hall to put-off gangs of youths from hanging around.

[edit] Future

The station will be managed by London Underground from November 2007. It will remain the property of Network Rail. ^[1] Passenger services currently operated by Silverlink will become part of London Overground.

[edit] References

1. ^ Transport for London - Safety boost as London Underground to take control of eleven Silverlink Stations

[edit] External links

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive. Station building, 1928
• Train times and station information for Kensal Green railway station from National Rail (Station code: KNL)

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 51.530746° -0.224790°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

Preceding station	Underground Lines			Following station
Willesden Junction		Bakerloo Line		Queen's Park
National Rail
Willesden Junction		Silverlink		Queen's Park

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