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South Kenton
South KentonLocation of South Kenton in Greater London
Location	Kenton
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	SOK
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	1.42 million
2020	0.97 million
2021	0.63 million
2022	1.01 million
2023	0.82 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.555 million
2020–21	0.214 million
2021–22	0.419 million
2022–23	0.502 million
2023–24	0.555 million
Key dates
3 July 1933	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°34′15″N 0°18′31″W / 51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087
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South Kenton is an interchange station in Kenton, north-west London. The station is served by suburban services 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.

History

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 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

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 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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Legend
Station[REDACTED] National RailLiberty line Accessible stationThameslinkLioness line Interchange stationElizabeth lineMildmay line Accessible interchangeDocklands Light RailwaySuffragette line Internal interchangeLondon UndergroundWeaver line Out-of-station interchangeLondon TramsWindrush line (   )Nearby interchangeLondon River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

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

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
Kentontowards Watford Junction		Lioness lineWatford DC line		North Wembleytowards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Kentontowards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		North Wembleytowards Elephant & Castle

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.

References

1. "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
2. "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.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
8. Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 9780860936855.
9. FOI request detail: stations with / without ticket barriers on LU and LO

External links

• Train times and station information for South Kenton station from National Rail

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