Kenton Platform
Kenton Entrance
Kenton Platform
The station was one of several built on the London and North Western Railway's "New Line" from Camden to Watford Junction which enabled local services from Watford Junction station to reach Euston station and Broad Street station in London. The New Line was mostly alongside the United Kingdom's first main line railway which had been previously opened by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837. Kenton station was opened on 15 June 1912. It has only ever had platforms on the New Line; parallel main line services call at Harrow and Wealdstone station, one stop to the north, with some also calling at Wembley Central station, three stops to the south. Bakerloo line services began on 16 April 1917. On 24 September 1982, Bakerloo line services to Kenton ended when services north of Stonebridge Park were ended. The closure was short-lived, and the Bakerloo line service was reinstated on 4 June 1984. The station's former coal yard on the east side of the railway, no longer needed for the trains, is now occupied by a Sainsbury's supermarket.
As late as 1935 there was a busy blacksmith's forge in Kenton Lane, 200 yards (180 m) from the junction with Kenton Road (the junction at that time called 'Brockhurst Corner'). On Saturdays the children of the neighbourhood could be seen clustered round the always-open door, watching the sparks fly as the blacksmith hammered out the red-hot horse shoes on his anvil. Services: London Overground (Watford DC Line) 3 tph in each direction. London Underground (Bakerloo line) 6 tph in each direction. The nearest stations with step-free access are Harrow and Wealdstone, Kingsbury and Wembley Park; some journeys might be more conveniently made by using one of the local buses to Golders Green Station (via route 183) or Pinner Station (via route 183) and continuing from there. It is a short walk from Northwick Park station on the London Underground Metropolitan line. The station is in Travel Card Zone 4. The station has help points, wi-fi, payphones and a bridge but no toilets.
Connections: Bakerloo Line. London Buses routes 114, 183, 223, H9, H10 and H18 and H19 serve the station.