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| A Bakerloo Line train waits at the station, notice the step down into the 72ts tube train |
| Information | |
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| Type: | National Rail
(West Coast Main Line) & Transport for London (London Overground & Bakerloo Line) |
| Station code: | HRW |
| Opened: | 1837 |
| Platforms: | 6 |
The station was opened by the London & Birmingham Railway as Harrow in 1837 [1]. It gained it's current name in 1897 [2]. What became known as the Watford DC Line, an electric service between London Euston to Watford Junction, began in 1912. This is now the London Overground. The station was rebuilt for these new services with two new island platforms [3], other station buildings date from 1875.
In 1917 the London Underground reached the station as Bakerloo Line trains were extended to Watford Junction, services North of Stonebridge Park were ended in 1982. Just two years later the Bakerloo Line was restored back up to Harrow & Wealdstone which became the line's Northern terminus.
In 1952 two trains collided at the station, a third train hitting the wreckage seconds later. One hundred and twelve people were killed in the disaster which remains the worst peacetime rail accident in the UK.
As well as Transport for London services the station is served by London North Western Railway and Southern.
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| Station entrance |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 129
[2] Keith Scholey, Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone (Middleton Press, 2002) Map. XIV
[3] Ibid. Fig. 113
