Primrose Hill railway station

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Primrose Hill

Location
Place	Primrose Hill
History
Opened by	North London Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 5 May 1855 Closed 28 September 1992
Replaced by	none

Location of Primrose Hill station

Legend

West Coast Main Line

South Hampstead station

Primrose Hill tunnels

Primrose Hill station

WCML to Euston

DC Line to Euston

Chalk Farm tube station (Northern Line)

North London Line to Richmond

Camden Road station

North London Line to Stratford

Primrose Hill is a disused railway station at Primrose Hill, in the London Borough of Camden, London, England.

It was opened on 5 May 1855 as Hampstead Road, replacing an earlier station of that name (opened 9 June 1851). It was renamed Chalk Farm on 1 December 1862 and became Primrose Hill on 25 September 1950. The station closed on 28 September 1992.

1 History
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The station is at the junction of the line west from Camden Road on the North London Line and the West Coast Main Line. There were platforms on both lines; they can be seen from trains using Euston. The platforms serving Euston closed in 1915. The remaining passenger service was, usually peak hours only, between Broad Street and Watford Junction. After Broad Street closed in 1986 the service ran to Liverpool Street, and by the time Primrose Hill station closed only one passenger train a day was using the line.

When the sweep of the North London Line through Hampstead Heath is closed for emergencies or engineering work, the route through Primrose Hill is a viable diversion for North London Line services to access Willesden Junction (Low Level).

The area is served by the nearby Chalk Farm station on the Northern Line of the London Underground.

The station building still exists, and is occupied by a shop. It is on Bridge Approach at one end of the pedestrianised bridge over the railway tracks. Nearby is the The Roundhouse, an 1847 turntable engine shed, now used as an entertainment venue.

Future plans for London Overground envisage the Bakerloo line taking over the Watford DC Line. This would leave the Kilburn High Road and South Hampstead station with no service. Thus it is suggested a new services run on the North London Line between Stratford and Camden Road and then onto these stations and beyond. This service would pass through Primrose Hill, raising the possibility of its reopening.^[1].