Harlesden station

Harlesden (Template:IPAc-en) is an interchange station on Acton Lane, in north-west London, England. It is a stop on both the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground. It lies between Stonebridge Park and Willesden Junction stations.

History

Template:Stnlnk was the first station at the site, which was opened in 1841 by the London and Birmingham Railway; it was closed in 1866, replaced by Willesden Junction station, Template:Convert to the south east.

In the Watford DC line programme of new electrified suburban tracks of the London and North Western Railway, a new station, Harlesden, opened on 15 June 1912. Bakerloo line services on the same tracks began on 16 April 1917, via a new junction at Queens Park. The Watford Junction to Template:Stnlnk modernisation project was completed in 1922.

Location

The railway line here is the border between the Harlesden and Stonebridge residential area in the east, and the Park Royal industrial estate to the west. The southern end of Willesden Brent Sidings separates the station from the West Coast Main Line.

Services

London Overground (Lioness line) operates regular services between Template:Rws and Template:Rws.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

London Underground (Bakerloo line) operates regular services between Harrow & Wealdstone and Elephant & Castle.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Connections

London bus routes 187, 206, 224, 226, 228, 260 and 487 also serve the station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>