Kilburn Park tube station

Kilburn Park London Underground
Kilburn Park
Location of Kilburn Park in Central London
Location Kilburn
Local authority London Borough of Brent
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Decrease 3.45 million[1]
2013 Increase 3.48 million[1]
2014 Decrease 3.38 million[1]
2015 Increase 3.42 million[1]
Key dates
1915 Opened
Listed status
Listing grade II
Entry number 1078871[2]
Added to list 15 March 1979
Other information
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WGS84 51°32′06″N 0°11′39″W / 51.53512°N 0.19406°W / 51.53512; -0.19406Coordinates: 51°32′06″N 0°11′39″W / 51.53512°N 0.19406°W / 51.53512; -0.19406
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Kilburn Park is a London Underground station at Kilburn in the London Borough of Brent. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Queen's Park and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station is situated on Cambridge Avenue approximately 100 m west of Kilburn High Road, shortly before it becomes Maida Vale, (A5). It is Grade II listed.[2]

History

Kilburn Park was opened on 31 January 1915 as the temporary terminus of the Bakerloo line's extension from Paddington station towards Queen's Park.[3] Services were extended to Queen's Park on 11 February 1915.[3] At the extension's opening, Maida Vale station was not complete and the previous station was Warwick Avenue until 6 June 1915.[3] The station building was designed by Stanley Heaps in a modified version of the earlier Leslie Green designed Bakerloo line stations with glazed terra cotta façades but without the large semi-circular windows at first floor level. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts.[4]

Bus routes 31, 32, 206, 316, 328, school route 632 and night routes N28 and N31 serve the station. Also, it is only a short walk from Kilburn High Road Station (London Overground).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Historic England. "Kilburn Park Underground Station (1078871)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  4. ↑ The first escalator on the Underground was installed at Earl's Court in 1911. The first station built specifically for escalators was the new Central line station at Liverpool Street in 1912. All deep-tube stations built after 1913 were built with escalators - Wolmar, Christian (2004). "Beginning to Make Sense". The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. pp. 205–206. ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
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