Brondesbury railway station

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Brondesbury is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground. It is situated on a viaduct crossing Kilburn High Road in the Brondesbury area of Kilburn in the London Borough of Brent. It is approximately Template:Cvt south-east of Template:Stl station and half a mile north-west of Template:Stnlnk station.

History

Brondesbury Station in 1961

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Brondesbury station opened on 2 January 1860 as Edgeware Template:Sic Road (Kilburn) station on the Hampstead Junction Railway.<ref name=Butt89>Template:Cite book</ref> It was renamed several times: Edgware Road on 1 November 1865,<ref name=Butt89 /> Edgware Road and Brondesbury on 1 January 1872,<ref name=Butt89 /> Brondesbury (Edgware Road) on 1 January 1873,<ref name=Butt89 /><ref name=Butt46>Template:Harvnb</ref> Brondesbury on 1 May 1883.<ref name=Butt46 /><ref>History.ac.uk</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A signal box was in use at the station until 5 February 1962.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

A number of plans were put forward between 1890 and 1926 to build an underground railway along the Edgware Road, and would have seen the construction of a Tube station at Brondesbury. None of the schemes succeeded and no such line was ever built.<ref name="losttube">Template:Cite book</ref>

Services

All services at Brondesbury are operated by London Overground as part of the Mildmay line using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During the late evenings, the services to and from Clapham Junction do not operate.

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Connections

London Buses routes 16, 32, 189, 316 and 632 and night route N16 serve the station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Template:Small</ref>

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