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Willesden Green London Underground
Main building viewed from the south-east
LocationWillesden
Local authorityLondon Borough of Brent
Grid referenceTQ233849
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms4
Fare zone2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 7.97 million[1]
2020Decrease 4.29 million[2]
2021Decrease 3.38 million[3]
2022Increase 5.35 million[4]
2023Increase 5.43 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyMetropolitan Railway
Key dates
24 November 1879 (1879-11-24)Opened as Willesden Green[6][7]
1 June 1894Renamed Willesden Green and Cricklewood[6][8]
1938Renamed Willesden Green[6][7]
20 November 1939Bakerloo line service introduced[7]
7 December 1940Metropolitan line service withdrawn[7]
3 January 1966Goods yard closed[9]
1 May 1979Bakerloo line service replaced by Jubilee line[7]
Listed status
Listing gradeII
Entry number1391808[10]
Added to list07 November 2006
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Willesden Green is a London Underground station on Walm Lane in Willesden. It is served by the Jubilee line and is between Dollis Hill and Kilburn. Metropolitan line trains also pass through the station, but do not usually stop. The station is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

History

The station opened on 24 November 1879 on the Metropolitan Railway (later the Metropolitan line). From 1894 to 1938 it was known as Willesden Green and Cricklewood station. From 20 November 1939 it also served the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line, with Met services being withdrawn the following year. It transferred to the Jubilee line in 1979. The station still has platforms on the Metropolitan line, but these are not in regular use and are only used when the Jubilee line is not serving the station due to planned engineering works[11] or severe service disruption.

The main station buildings, which date from the reconstruction of 1925, are fine examples of the work of Charles Walter Clark, the Metropolitan Railway's architect, who used this style of marble white faience for several 'central' area stations. The diamond-shaped clock is also a trademark of his style. The ticket hall interior, which retains much of the original green tesserae mosaic tiling, is a rare survival and was one of the reasons that led to the station being made a Grade II Listed Building in December 2006.

Willesden Green is one of the few stations on the southern section of the former Metropolitan Main line to still have its original platform buildings intact and its architecture is typical for a station serving a medium-sized town. Baker Street and Neasden are the other stations to have their platform buildings intact. The line between Finchley Road and Harrow-on-the-Hill was quadrupled between 1914–1916, and many intermediate stations had to be rebuilt to enable the fast lines to be built.

A goods yard, which was in use until 1966, was located to the north of the station. From 1933, when the London Transport took over service, trains from the north would be run by the LNER to LT Neasden works where they would be then hauled by LT steam locos to Willesden.

There are frequent Jubilee line trains from central London, some of which terminate at Willesden Green.

Connections

London Buses routes 260, 266 and 460 serve the station.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willesden Green tube station.
  • Northbound Jubilee line platform looking south
    Northbound Jubilee line platform looking south
  • Southbound Jubilee line platform looking north
    Southbound Jubilee line platform looking north
  • Roundel on platform
    Roundel on platform
  • Main building viewed from the north
    Main building viewed from the north

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 251. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-315-0.
  8. ^ Spencer, Adam (1996). Willesden - Britain in Old Photographs. p. 88. ISBN 0750911719.
  9. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ Historic England. "Willesden Green Underground Station (1391808)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Mayor answers to London: Willesden Green". The London Assembly. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2014. During Jubilee line closures, starting in 2009, the Metropolitan line stopped at Willesden Green for a total of 37 days. Over this two year period 323,088 passengers used the station – an average of 8,732 on each day, compared with a typical Saturday and Sunday usage by Jubilee line customers at the station of 14,131 and 10,804 respectively. {{cite web}}: C1 control character in |quote= at position 189 (help)
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