Kilburn High Road Station (KBN)

Address: Kilburn High Road, London NW6 5UA
Opened: December 1851
Station Code: KBN
Fare Zone: 2

London Overground Line(s) Served:

Watford DC Lines

Service Pattern(s):

4 trains per hour to London Euston
4 trains per hour to Watford Junction

Interchange(s)

None

Station History

Kilburn High Road Station was constructed by the London and North Western Railway on their line from Euston Station in 1851. The station opened the following year named Kilburn & Maida Vale.

With the L&NWR ‘New Line’ being constructed from London to Watford in 1912, two new platforms were provided to accommodate the new services.

Following the passing into law of the Railways Act 1921, the London & North Western was amalgamated with other companies to become part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

This was followed by the passing of the Transport Act 1947 that saw the ‘Big Four’ railway companies of the time Nationalised to become British Railways. The line and its services were taken up by the Midland Region on 1st January 1948.

Electrification of the West Coast Main Line in the early 1960s saw the platforms on the ‘fast’ lines demolished to allow the tracks to be realigned, leaving the station layout as it is today.

The current station building did not come about as a result of modernisation, but rather from a series of fires that occurred since the early 1970s.

Management changes saw the station pass to the London & Southeastern business unit upon sectorisation in 1982, relaunched as Network Southeast on 10 June 1986.

Privatisation of the railways saw the station and line become part of National Express under their Silverlink Trains subsidiary in 1993.

The final change of management for the line and its stations came in November 2007 when Transport for London undertook the operation of the services under their London Overground brand.