West Hampstead railway station
West Hampstead | |
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Location | West Hampstead |
Local authority | London Borough of Camden |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code | WHD |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Accessible | Yes[1] |
Fare zone | 2 |
OSI | West Hampstead West Hampstead Thameslink [2] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 4.521 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.650 million[3] |
2019–20 | 4.044 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.665 million[3] |
2020–21 | 1.554 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.200 million[3] |
2021–22 | 2.898 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.447 million[3] |
2022–23 | 3.297 million[3] |
– interchange | 0.828 million[3] |
Key dates | |
1 March 1888 | Opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°32′50″N 0°11′30″W / 51.5473°N 0.1918°W |
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The station and all trains are operated by London Overground. The station entrance is on West End Lane.
History
The station opened on 1 March 1888 and was called West End Lane until 1975, when it became West Hampstead (making it one of three stations of essentially the same name along West End Lane).[4] The train service was provided by the North London Railway until 1909, when management of the NLR was taken over by the London and North Western Railway. Complete amalgamation with the LNWR followed in 1922, and the LNWR then amalgamated with other railways to form the LMS from January 1923. The LMS became the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and the shortened brand name British Rail was used from 1965. The station and the rest of the North London Line was included in the reorganised BR business Network SouthEast in 1986.
Following the privatisation of British Rail, the station was managed by the Silverlink franchise (National Express) from 1997 until 2007, when operations passed to Transport for London's new London Overground.
After privatisation, Anglia Railways ran a regional service for a while between Norwich and Basingstoke which called here. This service, known as London Crosslink, was discontinued in Autumn 2002 because of a shortage of train paths on the North London Line and the financial return being less than forecast.[citation needed]
The station was initially refurbished towards the end of 2007, to coincide with the takeover of the line by London Overground.
The station was comprehensively upgraded in the late 2010s thanks in part to the adjacent Ballymore West Hampstead Square development.[5][6] The upgrade included a new station building, wider platforms and step free access,[7] and was completed in December 2019.[8]
Accidents and incidents
- On 23 February 1937, an express freight train, hauled by LMS Hughes Crab 4-6-0 No. 2765, was derailed near the station.[9]
Interchanges
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Connections
Services
All services at West Hampstead are operated by London Overground using Class 378 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[16][17]
- 8 tph to Stratford via Camden Road
- 4 tph to Richmond
- 4 tph to Clapham Junction
During the late evenings, the services to and from Clapham Junction do not operate.
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
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Brondesbury towards Richmond or Clapham Junction
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North London line | Finchley Road & Frognal towards Stratford
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References
- ^ "London Overground's West Hampstead station becomes step-free". Transport for London. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Joe Brown (2006). London Railway Atlas. Ian Allan Publishing.
- ^ Turton, Jonathan (12 July 2013). "New Overground station to be built next year". West Hampstead Life. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "West Hampstead Square | Ballymore". ballymoregroup.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "London Overground's West Hampstead station becomes step-free". Transport for London. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Work to improve London Overground's West Hampstead station is complete". Transport for London. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ISBN 0-906899-01-X.
- ^ "Planning Framework for West Hampstead Interchange Area Appendix 2". London Borough of Camden. 19 April 2005. p. 25. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ "West Hampstead Interchange". AlwaysTouchOut.com. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ "West Hampstead Interchange Draft Planning Framework". London Borough of Camden. 19 April 2005. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ "Station interchange plans put on hold". Camden New Journal. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ "Thameslink station redevelopment gets go-ahead". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ London Campaign for Better Transport North and West London light railway (NWLLR) / Brent Cross Railway (BCR) plan
- ^ Table 59 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "London Overground Timetable: Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
- Train times and station information for West Hampstead railway station from National Rail