High Street Kensington tube station

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High Street Kensington
High Street Kensington station entrance
Location
Place Kensington High Street
Local authority Kensington & Chelsea
Operations
Managed by London Underground
Platforms in use 4
Transport for London
Zone 1
Annual entry/exit 11.622 million †
History
Key dates Opened 1868
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]

High Street Kensington is a London Underground station at Kensington High Street.

The station is on the Circle Line between Gloucester Road and Notting Hill Gate, and the District Line between Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gate. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

The station complex includes a Marks & Spencer branch and a Pret a Manger. The station itself has four platforms - two through platforms and two bay platforms. Platform 1 is used for anti-clockwise Circle Line and westbound District Line line trains towards Gloucester Road and Earl's Court, respectively. Platform 2 is for clockwise Circle Line and eastbound District Line trains towards Edgware Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are used for terminating District Line trains from Earl's Court. Platform 3 is usually used for the Olympia service and platform 4 is usually only used at the start and end of the day.

Just south of the station is the junction where the Circle and District lines diverge.

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

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High Street Kensington in 1892
Previous station   London Underground   Next station
toward Victoria
   Circle Line  
toward Wimbledon
   District Line  
  District Line   Terminus

Coordinates: 51°30′03″N, 0°11′33″W


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