West Hampstead railway station

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There are two National Rail and one London Underground stations within a short walk of each other called West Hampstead, on West End Lane in the London Borough of Camden.


West Hampstead
Location
Place	West Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Operations
Managed by	Silverlink
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	0.652 million
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1888
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

1 Interchange
2 Silverlink
3 First Capital Connect
4 London Underground
5 Future
6 External links

[edit] Interchange

Interchange between the three stations is via the street. In order to complete a journey on a single ticket, interchange is permitted between the stations - for example from Richmond to St Albans, a valid route is to change here.

[edit] Silverlink

West Hampstead is a National Rail station on the North London Line between Brondesbury and Finchley Road & Frognal. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station and all trains are operated by Silverlink.

The normal service is a train every 15 minutes to Richmond and a train every 15 minutes to Stratford, with alternating services continuing to North Woolwich.

Anglia Railways used to run a service that called here, between Norwich and Basingstoke, but this was discontinued in autumn 2002, due to congestion on the North London Line and the financial return being less than that forecast.

The station was called West End Lane until 1975.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brondesbury		Silverlink North London Line		Finchley Road & Frognal

[edit] First Capital Connect

Location
West Hampstead Thameslink
Place	West Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Operations
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms in use	4
Annual entry/exit	0.846 million
Transport for London
Zone	2
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

West Hampstead Thameslink is a National Rail station on the First Capital Connect line between Kentish Town and Cricklewood.

It was built as West End by the Midland Railway in 1871 on its extension to St. Pancras, to serve the newly-developed area around the hamlet of West End.

It became West End and Brondesbury in 1904 and West Hampstead in 1905. It was popular for many years for people taking a a day out on Hampstead Heath and those visiting the chalybeate springs in Hampstead itself.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cricklewood		First Capital Connect Thameslink		Kentish Town

[edit] London Underground

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with West Hampstead tube station. (Discuss)

Main article: West Hampstead tube station

West Hampstead tube station is on the Jubilee Line.

[edit] Future

Chiltern Railways run train services from Birmingham and Aylesbury through the area to Marylebone railway station and have suggested adding new platforms on their line and creating a combined London Underground, Silverlink, First Capital Connect and Chiltern station complex on the site of the three stations.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for West Hampstead from National Rail
Train times and station information for West Hampstead Thameslink from National Rail
Street map and aerial photo of West Hampstead from Multimap.com

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