Willesden Junction
Willesden Junction looking north. The fast lines of the West Coast Main Line are on the right, the slow lines on the far right. On the left are the Willesden Relief Line (connection to the West London Line) and the Willesden Euro Terminal.
Location
Place	Harlesden
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Operations
Managed by	London Overground
Platforms in use	5
National Rail
Station code	WIJ
Annual entry/exit	1.976 million ***
Transport for London
Zone	3
Annual entry/exit	2.927 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1866
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
*** based on sales of tickets in 2005/06 financial year which end or originate at this station from Office of Rail Regulation station usage statistics
London Transport Portal
UK Railways Portal

Willesden Junction station is a Network Rail station in Harlesden, north-west London; it is served by both London Overground and London Underground Bakerloo Line trains. It is about one mile south of the original place from which it took its name but on the southern edge of the (now defunct) Borough of Willesden. Image File history File links WillesdenJunct. ... Image File history File links WillesdenJunct. ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... The West London Line is a short overground railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction in the north. ... , Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent. ... The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in north west London and forms part of Outer London. ... London Transport Portal London Overground[1] is a train operating company owned by Transport for London (TfL). ... Travelcard Zone 3 is the third outward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of extant mainline railway stations in Greater London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ... , Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... London Transport Portal London Overground[1] is a train operating company owned by Transport for London (TfL). ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ...

History

The station involves three main stages of development:-

• The London and Birmingham Railway (now the West Coast Main Line) ran through the site from 1837. The main line station was opened by the London & North Western Railway on 1 September 1866 but demolished after passenger services were withdrawn in 1962 in preparation for the electrification of the West Coast Main Line (WCML). Various intentions have since been announced (but so far not carried out) to restore platforms to permit outer-suburban services to call at Willesden Junction.

• The North London Line (NLL) station built across the WCML at right angles. This underwent radical alteration and repositioning during the WCML electrification.

• The station serving the "New Line". This "Willesden New Station" was built to the north of the main line and originally had two (outer) through platforms and two (inner) bay platforms. Bakerloo line services on the New Line began on 10 May 1915.

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The station today

The basic two-level arrangement (now without the main line platforms) remains.

At high level (street level relative to most of the surrounding area) are platforms 4 and 5, serving the North London Line and the West London Line; trains on the latter service reverse in a siding to the east of the station on the NLL. The West London Line is a short overground railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction in the north. ...

Willesden Junction Waste Depot, seen from the high level platforms

At low level, roughly perpendicular to the high level platforms, are platforms 1-3. These consist of an island platform, the outer faces of which are platforms 1 & 3, containing two east-facing bay platforms. One of these bay platforms is platform 2; the other is disused, and has no track, no platform number, a railing along the platform edge, and a signal for platform 2 occupying the trackbed. Platforms 1 & 3 are served by the main Bakerloo Line and London Overground services; platform 2 is too short for Bakerloo Line trains and is used only occasionally by London Overground services at the start and end of the day. Bakerloo line trains that terminate at Willesden Junction continue to Stonebridge Park depot (2 stations further north of the station), where they reverse. The southbound service resumes from Stonebridge Park. this arrangement is due to London Underground staff being stationed at Willesden Junction to oversee the detrainment prior to the train departing empty. The bay is more commonly used for empty stock transfers between the depot and the North London Line and the Gospel Oak to Barking line, which use the link from the low level station to Kensal Rise. The northern part of the island narrows considerably, with the platform faces curving inwards. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 160 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,103 × 621 pixels, file size: 873 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph taken in a public location in the UK of a building on permanent public display, and exempt from copyright under Section 62 of... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 160 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,103 × 621 pixels, file size: 873 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph taken in a public location in the UK of a building on permanent public display, and exempt from copyright under Section 62 of... A bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in Britain to mean a dead-end platform at a railway station which otherwise consists exclusively (or predominantly) of through platforms. ... The Gospel Oak – Barking Line is a railway line in north and east London which connects Gospel Oak in North London and Barking in East London. ... Kensal Rise railway station is on the North London Line, in north London, and in Travelcard Zone 2. ...

There are currently no platforms on the WCML which is separated from the low level station by the approach road to Willesden Depot which is to the immediate south-east of the station. Willesden TMD is a railway locomotive Traction Maintenance Depot situated in Willesden, North London. ...

Services

The typical off-peak train service pattern per hour comprises:

• 3 to London Euston
• 9 to Elephant & Castle^[1]
• 3 to Harrow & Wealdstone^[1]
• 3 to Watford Junction (via Harrow & Wealdstone)
• 4 to Richmond
• 4 to Stratford
• 2 to Clapham Junction

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Harlesden towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Kensal Green towards Elephant & Castle
London Overground
Harlesden		London Overground Watford DC Line		Kensal Green
Acton Central		London Overground North London Line		Kensal Rise
Terminus		London Overground West London Line		Kensington (Olympia)

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External links

• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Bakerloo Line train at Willesden Junction station, 1917
  • Willesden Junction station entrance, 1928
• Train times and station information for Willesden Junction railway station from National Rail (Station code: WIJ)

• Maps and aerial photos for 51°31′58″N 0°14′44″W / 51.532668, -0.245475Coordinates: 51°31′58″N 0°14′44″W / 51.532668, -0.245475
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide

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