Wembley Central station

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Wembley Central
Location
Place	Wembley
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Operations
Managed by	Silverlink
Platforms in use	4 (of 6)
Annual entry/exit	2.769 million
Transport for London
Zone	4
History
Key dates	Opened 1842
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail

Wembley Central is a Network Rail station served by London Underground (Bakerloo Line), Silverlink (Euston to Watford Junction) and Southern (Gatwick Airport to Watford Junction)train services. It is located in High Road, Wembley in Greater London.

Contents 1 History 2 The station today 3 Future 4 References 5 External links 6 Services

[edit] History

• 20 July 1837: London and Birmingham Railway line opened
• 1842: Station opened as "Sudbury"
• 1 May 1882: re-named "Sudbury & Wembley"
• 1 November 1910: re-named "Wembley for Sudbury"
• 16 April 1917: Bakerloo Line service started
• 1948 Street level buildings reconstructed within shopping arcade.
• 5 July 1948: re-named "Wembley Central"
• September 24, 1982: Bakerloo Line service withdrawn
• 4 June 1984: Bakerloo Line service re-instated

[edit] The station today

Wembley Central has the appearance of an underground station due to the elevated position of the High Road (where the main entrance is located behind a 1940s shopping arcade) and the enclosed nature of the platforms below the raft upon which Station Square is built; it is actually generally at or above the local ground level having been reconstructed in its current form during the 1960s electrification of the West Coast Main Line. It is the first station out of Euston to have platforms on all three pairs of tracks, and the combination of the confined space and through trains passing at speed on platforms 3 to 6 (the main line platforms) create a wind tunnel effect which can be dangerous for passengers; as a result, these platforms (which do not see regular service) are locked out for most of the day, and entrance is only allowed when trains are due, generally the few Southern services mentioned above, which use platforms 5 and 6 (on the Slow main line). The station is currently (2006) being modernised with more safety features.

[edit] Future

The station will be managed by London Underground from November 2007. It will remain the property of Network Rail. ^[1] Passenger services currently operated by Silverlink will become part of London Overground.

[edit] References

1. ^ Transport for London - Safety boost as London Underground to take control of eleven Silverlink Stations

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Wembley Central railway station from National Rail (Station code: WMB)

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 51.552633° -0.296630°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

[edit] Services

Preceding station	Underground Lines			Following station
North Wembley		Bakerloo Line		Stonebridge Park
National Rail
North Wembley		Silverlink Watford DC Line		Stonebridge Park
Harrow & Wealdstone		Southern (Mon-Fri peak hours) West London Line		Kensington Olympia

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