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| A Southbound Bakerloo Line train arrives at the station |
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| Type: | Transport for London (London Overground Watford DC Line & London Underground Bakerloo Line) |
| Station code: | NWB |
| Opened: | 1912 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the London North Western Railway in 1912 on it's line from London Euston to Watford Junction. The station was originally to have been called East Lane [1] (which is the road the station is on) though was opened as North Wembley. The platform shelters and footbridge down to the platforms were of the standard LNWR type used elsewhere on the line and remain in place. The line was already electrified when North Wembley was opened [2]. Nowadays the line is part of London Overground.
The Bakerloo Line reached North Wembley in 1917 on it's way to Watford Junction. Services ran alongside the LNWR (later LMS and British Railways) DC trains until 1982 when the Bakerloo Line was cut back to Stonebridge Park. However Bakerloo Line trains were restored through North Wembley to Harrow & Wealdstone in 1984 [3].
In common with other joint stations on this line the difference in floor height between standard size London Overground trains and tube profile Bakerloo Line trains means the platform is higher than on a "pure" Underground station resulting in the need to step up out of or step down into a Bakerloo Line train.
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| London Overground 378 206 arrives with a Watford bound service |
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| View of the footbridge, the station is in a cutting with a surface ticket office |
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| A Bakerloo Line train, notice the step down needed into the 1972 Tube Stock! |
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| View of the LNWR canopy |
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| Bakerloo Line 3564 prepares to depart |
[1] Keith Scholey, Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Middleton Press, 2002) Map. XVI
[2] Mike Horne, The Bakerloo Line (Capital Transport, 2001) p. 35
[3] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 145
