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South Kenton station

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South Kenton London Underground London Overground
Station platform
Map Interactive map of South Kenton
General information
LocationKenton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Managed byLondon Underground[1]
Owner
Station codeSOK
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2021Decrease 0.63 million[2]
2022Increase 1.01 million[3]
2023Decrease 0.82 million[4]
2024Increase 0.95 million[5]
2025Decrease 0.90 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21Decrease 0.214 million[7]
2021–22Increase 0.419 million[7]
2022–23Increase 0.502 million[7]
2023–24Increase 0.555 million[7]
2024–25Increase 0.643 million[7]
Key dates
3 July 1933Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087

South Kenton is a station in Kenton, north-west London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Kenton and North Wembley stations. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area. it is in London fare zone 4.

History

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West Coast Main Line south of Kenton in 1955

The station opened on 3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the single island platform serving only the Watford DC line; this footbridge (which started at the bottom of the embankment) was later replaced by a pedestrian tunnel, cutting out a long climb for passengers entering the station. The station, designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn,[8] was built in a more modern "concrete and glass" style construction including a "streamlined" waiting room rather than the brick and woodwork LNWR stations elsewhere on the DC line.

The station today

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The station is an island platform and Bakerloo line train doors are not level with it. Therefore, there is a downward step to the train from the platform. The ticket office is at platform level and occupies the north end of the streamlined 1933 building. It is one of the three stations served by London Underground which has no ticket gates[9] and due to the restrictive layout here there are no plans for these to be installed in the immediate future. There is no wheelchair access.

Services

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There are four trains per hour on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground heading southbound to Elephant & Castle in Central London and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone in the north-west.

There are also four trains per hour on the Lioness line of the London Overground to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound.

Preceding station London Overground Following station
Kenton
towards Watford Junction
 Lioness line
Watford DC line
 North Wembley
towards Euston
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Kenton
towards Harrow & Wealdstone
 Bakerloo line North Wembley
towards Elephant & Castle

Connections

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London Buses route 223 serve the station.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
  7. ↑ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 9780860936855.
  8. ↑ FOI request detail: stations with / without ticket barriers on LU and LO
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