West Hampstead railway station

West Hampstead
West Hampstead Location of West Hampstead in Greater London
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	WHD
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	West Hampstead [1] West Hampstead Thameslink
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12	2.881 million[2]
– interchange	0.263 million[2]
2012–13	3.674 million[2]
– interchange	0.362 million[2]
2013–14	4.458 million[2]
– interchange	0.457 million[2]
2014–15	4.716 million[2]
– interchange	0.514 million[2]
2015–16	4.814 million[2]
– interchange	0.668 million[2]
Key dates
1888	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°32′50″N 0°11′30″W / 51.5473°N 0.1918°W / 51.5473; -0.1918Coordinates: 51°32′50″N 0°11′30″W / 51.5473°N 0.1918°W / 51.5473; -0.1918
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West Hampstead railway station is a London Overground station on the North London Line between Brondesbury and Finchley Road & Frognal in the London Borough of Camden and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station and all trains are operated by London Overground.

History

The station originally opened in 1888 and was called West End Lane until its name was changed in 1975.^[3] Rail services were operated by the North London Railway until British Rail took control of operations. The station later became part of the Network SouthEast system.

Following the privatisation of British Rail, the station was operated by the Silverlink train franchise from 1997 until 2007, when operations passed to Transport for London's London Overground system.

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

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).

Accidents and incidents

• On 23 February 1937, an express freight train was derailed near the station.^[4]

Interchanges

Stations in West Hampstead
Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham LU Jubilee and Metropolitan lines Thameslink and Midland Main Line North London Line to Richmond London Overground station Thameslink station West Hampstead(on West End Lane) LU Jubilee line station Finchley Road OSI: Finchley Road(MR) (1868–1927) Finchley Road & Frognal OSI: North London Line to Stratford Thameslink and Midland Main Line LU Jubilee and Metropolitan lines Chiltern Main Line to Marylebone
OSI = Out of station interchange

West Hampstead railway station has an out of station interchange with both West Hampstead Thameslink railway station and West Hampstead tube station.

There are proposals for a new West Hampstead interchange linking all three stations in the area, and additionally serving two further lines that currently pass through the site.

Development

The arrangement of three separate stations (Thameslink, Overground and Jubilee Line) means that passengers wishing to change lines must walk along or cross West End Lane, a busy main road. A West Hampstead interchange proposal was put forward in 2004 by Chiltern Railways which would link the three West Hampstead stations with subterranean walkways. New platforms would be built for the Chiltern Main Line, and possibly also for the Metropolitan line, and the Thameslink and London Overground (formerly Silverlink) stations would be relocated on the east side of West End Lane.^[5] The redevelopment would involve demolishing existing buildings and the redevelopment of West End Lane as "a tree-lined boulevard".^[6][7] The plans were put on hold in 2007 due to uncertainty over the North London Line rail franchise.^[8] This has now been shelved with Network Rail instead redeveloping the Thameslink station by installing a second footbridge with lift access leading to a new station building on Iverson Road.^[9]

In early 2008, the London Group of the Campaign for Better Transport published a plan^[10] for an off-road, mainly orbital North and West London Light Railway, sharing the orbital Dudding Hill Line freight corridor, and taking over at least one of the two Midland Railway freight lines which run through the neighbouring West Hampstead Thameslink station.

Connections

London Buses routes 139, 328 and C11 serve the station.

Services

West Hampstead currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which is operated by Class 378 trainsets.^[11]

Off-peak:

• 6tph to Stratford
• 4tph to Richmond
• 2tph to Clapham Junction

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Brondesbury towards Richmond or Clapham Junction		North London Line		Finchley Road & Frognal towards Stratford
	Former Service
	National Rail
Brentford		Anglia Railways London Crosslink		Camden Road or Highbury & Islington

References

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