West Hampstead railway station

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West Hampstead
Location
Place	West Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Coordinates	51°32′50″N 0°11′31″W / 51.5473, -0.1918Coordinates: 51°32′50″N 0°11′31″W / 51.5473, -0.1918
Operations
Station code	WHD
Managed by	London Overground
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.690 million
2005/06 *	0.680 million
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1888
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at West Hampstead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
UK Railways Portal

West Hampstead is a National Rail station on the North London Line between Brondesbury and Finchley Road & Frognal. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station and all trains are operated by London Overground. The normal service is a train every 15 minutes to Richmond and a train every 15 minutes to Stratford.

Anglia Railways used to run a service that called here, between Norwich and Basingstoke, but this was discontinued in Autumn 2002, due to congestion on the North London Line and the financial return being less than that forecast.

The station was called West End Lane until 1975.

The station received a major refurbishment towards the end of 2007, to coincide with the London Overground takeover. The ticket office has a new layout including automatic ticket gates and machines and the station is now staffed throughout traffic hours (as are all London Overground stations).

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Brondesbury towards Richmond		North London Line		Finchley Road & Frognal towards Stratford