South Kenton station

South Kenton is an interchange station in Kenton, north-west London. It is on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground and the Lioness line of the London Overground, between Kenton and North Wembley stations. It is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area.

South Kenton
Station platform
South Kenton Location of South Kenton in Greater London
Location	Kenton
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	SOK
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	1.42 million[2]
2020	0.97 million[3]
2021	0.63 million[4]
2022	1.01 million[5]
2023	0.82 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.555 million[7]
2020–21	0.214 million[7]
2021–22	0.419 million[7]
2022–23	0.502 million[7]
2023–24	0.555 million[7]
Key dates
3 July 1933	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.5708°N 0.3087°W / 51.5708; -0.3087
London transport portal

History

West Coast Main Line south of Kenton in 1955

The station opened on 3 July 1933 with access from both sides of the railway via a footbridge to the single island platform serving only the Watford DC line; this footbridge (which started at the bottom of the embankment) was later replaced by a pedestrian tunnel, cutting out a long climb for passengers entering the station. The station, designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn,^[8] was built in a more modern "concrete and glass" style construction including a "streamlined" waiting room rather than the brick and woodwork LNWR stations elsewhere on the DC line.

The station today

Location of South Kenton station

The station is an island platform and Bakerloo line train doors are not level with it. Therefore, there is a downward step to the train from the platform. The ticket office is at platform level and occupies the north end of the streamlined 1933 building. It is one of the three stations served by London Underground which has no ticket gates^[9] and due to the restrictive layout here there are no plans for these to be installed in the immediate future. There is no wheelchair access.

Services

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Legend
Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

There are four trains per hour on the Bakerloo line of the London Underground heading southbound to Elephant & Castle in Central London and northbound to Harrow & Wealdstone in the north-west.

There are also four trains per hour on the Lioness line of the London Overground to London Euston southbound and to Watford Junction northbound.

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Kenton towards Watford Junction		Lioness line Watford DC line		North Wembley towards Euston
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Kenton towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		North Wembley towards Elephant & Castle

Connections

London Buses route 223 serve the station.