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Hendon railway station

Hendon railway station

National Rail station in London, England

For the station in Adelaide, see Hendon railway station, Adelaide.
For the similarly named tube station, see Hendon Central tube station.

Hendon railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, in West Hendon in the London Borough of Barnet, north London. It is 6 miles 79 chains (11.2 km) down the line from St Pancras and is situated between Brent Cross West to the south and Mill Hill Broadway to the north. Its three-letter station code is HEN.

Quick Facts Location, Local authority ...

The station is served by Thameslink-operated trains on the Thameslink route. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and Zone 4.

It was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras. From 1875 the Midland opened a service to Victoria on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway line and received coaches from the London and South Western Railway for attachment to northbound trains.[3]

Location

The station is on Station Road in West Hendon, next to the M1 motorway, about 1 km from Hendon Central.

Services

All services at Hendon are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from Luton, Orpington and Rainham, as well as some late evening services to and from Bedford.

The station is also served by a night service between Bedford and Three Bridges on Sunday to Friday nights.

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Development

From March 2009, Southeastern and Thameslink began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton,[5] though in the off-peak these services turn back at Kentish Town.

In 2017 the London Assembly and Transport for London published a plan to extend the London Overground network to Hendon.[6] The scheme, known as the West London Orbital envisages re-opening the Dudding Hill freight line to passenger services and running trains from West Hampstead Thameslink and Hendon to Hounslow via the planned Old Oak Common Lane station. The plans are currently at public consultation stage with TfL.[7]

Down fast freight in 1949
Northbound view across the four platforms. The two additional freight lines are behind the platform fencing on the extreme left. Off the right-hand side of the photograph, beyond the car park, runs the parallel M1 motorway.

Connections

London Buses routes 83, 183, SL10, school routes 653 and 683 and night routes N5 and N83 serve the station.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. [2]
    Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 62
  3. [3]
    Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
  4. [4]
    Table 52 National Rail timetable, May 2023
  5. [5]
    Train Times – Thameslink Route (PDF). First Capital Connect. March–May 2009. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Mayor's Transport Strategy 2018". London City Hall. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. [7]
    "West London Orbital". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Hendon Station: Live bus departures". Transport for London. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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