Queen's Park is a stop on the London Overground Watford DC Line between Kilburn High Road and Kensal Green and London Underground Bakerloo Line between Kilburn Park and Kensal Green. There are also two platforms on the West Coast Main Line but out of use.
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| Two Bakerloo Line trains at Queen's Park |
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| Type: | Transport for London (Bakerloo Line & London Overground) |
| Station code: | QPW |
| Opened: | 1879 |
| Platforms: | 4 |
The station was opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1879 as Queen's Park (West Kilburn) on its mainline from London to Birmingham. The name was shortened to it's current form in 1952.
The Bakerloo Line reached the station in 1915 on its extension north to Watford Junction (though later the service was cut back to Harrow & Wealdstone). The LNWR rebuilt the station to accommodate the Bakerloo Line [1] with four new platforms arranged as two islands. The station retains six platforms (two being on the WCML slow lines) though only the four on the two islands are used apart from during engineering work or special services.
London Overground trains use the outer platforms and Bakerloo Line trains the two inner platforms. These platforms are sheltered from the elements by an overall roof.
Currently no Main Line services call at the station after London Midland stopped in 2013. An interesting aspect of the station is that the Bakerloo Line has one of its depots at the station with carriage sheds at either end of the platforms. Northbound Bakerloo Line trains indeed leave through one of these carriage sheds. Some Bakerloo Line services terminate and begin at the station. The station is owned by Network Rail but managed by Transport for London.
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| A London Overground train departs for London Euston |
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| Under the overall roof |
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| Beyond the station can be seen part of the Bakerloo Line depot |
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| Preparing to depart |
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| Heading for central London |
[1] Mike Horne, The Bakerloo Line (Capital Transport, 2001) p. 31
