Kingsbury tube station

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Kingsbury
Location
Place	Kingsbury
Local authority	Brent

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	4
2005 annual usage	2.548 million †
2007 annual usage	3.328 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1932
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Kingsbury tube station is a London Underground station at Kingsbury. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Queensbury and Wembley Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 4.

It was opened on December 10, 1932 as part of the Stanmore branch of the Metropolitan Line and with the rest of the branch became part of the Bakerloo Line in 1939 and then the Jubilee Line in 1979.

[edit] Location

The station is on the south side of the A4006 Kingsbury Road, opposite Berkeley Road. It is in a parade of shops; to the left of its entrance (facing the station) is an off-licence, a jeweller and an estate agent. To the right of the entrance is a newsagent, then the entrance to a dentist's above the newsagent, then a photography centre/portrait studio, then a Subway then an over 21 club called Tonky Gorilla.

[edit] Transport Connections

London Buses routes 204,183, and Night Bus route N98 serve the site of the station. Other London Buses routes close to the station include the 79, and the 305. The station is situated on the Kingsbury Road, the A4006, which leads to Kenton and Harrow in Middlesex and towards the Edgware Road.