Willesden Green tube station

Willesden Green (/ˈwɪlzdən ˈɡriːn/) is a London Underground station on Walm Lane in Willesden. It is on the Jubilee line between Dollis Hill and Kilburn stations. Metropolitan line trains also pass through the station, but do not stop. The station is in both Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Willesden Green
Main building viewed from the south-east
Willesden Green Location of Willesden Green in Greater London
Location	Willesden
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Grid reference	TQ233849
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	7.97 million[1]
2020	4.29 million[2]
2021	3.38 million[3]
2022	5.35 million[4]
2023	5.43 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	Metropolitan Railway
Key dates
24 November 1879 (1879-11-24)	Opened as Willesden Green[6][7]
1 June 1894	Renamed Willesden Green and Cricklewood[6][8]
1938	Renamed Willesden Green[6][7]
20 November 1939	Bakerloo line service introduced[7]
7 December 1940	Metropolitan line service withdrawn[7]
3 January 1966	Goods yard closed[9]
1 May 1979	Bakerloo line service replaced by Jubilee line[7]
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1391808[10]
Added to list	7 November 2006; 18 years ago (2006-11-07)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.54917°N 0.22167°W / 51.54917; -0.22167
London transport portal

History

The original Willesden Green station

The original station opened on 24 November 1879 on the Metropolitan Railway (later the Metropolitan line). From 1894 to 1938, the station was known as Willesden Green and Cricklewood. From 20 November 1939, it also served the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line, with Met services being withdrawn in the following year. It transferred to the Jubilee line in 1979. A connecting tunnel at Embankment station mistakenly shows Willesden Green as part of the Bakerloo line, as a result of a typo which should say Willesden Junction instead; this can be found on a printed map on the wall of Embankment station.^[11]

The new main station buildings, which date from the reconstruction of 1925, are fine examples of the work of Charles Walter Clark, the Metropolitan Railway's architect, who used this style of marble white faience for several 'central' area stations. The diamond-shaped clock is also a trademark of his style. The ticket hall interior retains much of the rare original green tesserae mosaic tiling and was one of the reasons that led to the station being made a Grade II Listed Building in December 2006.

Willesden Green is one of the few stations on the southern section of the former Metropolitan main line still to have its original platform buildings intact and its architecture is typical for a station serving a medium-sized town; Baker Street and Neasden are the other stations to have their platform buildings intact. The line between Finchley Road and Harrow-on-the-Hill was quadrupled between 1914 and 1916, and many intermediate stations had to be rebuilt to enable the fast lines to be built.

A goods yard, which was in use until 1966, was located to the north of the station. From 1933, when the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) took over service, trains from the north would be run by the LNER to Neasden Depot where they would be then hauled by LPTB steam locos to Willesden.

From the beginning of October 2022 to September 2023, this station was used to trial an artificial intelligence that would detect events such as fare evasion, anti-social behaviour and injured persons.^[12] This was done by installing a processing device that had access to the CCTV cameras present in the station.^[13]

Services

Willesden Green station is on the Jubilee line between Dollis Hill to the north and Kilburn to the south. There is a frequent Jubilee line service at Willesden Green. Trains heading southbound terminate at North Greenwich or Stratford. It previously served Charing Cross until 1999, when the Jubilee line extension isolated the station from the rest of the line. Those heading northbound either terminate here, at Wembley Park or Stanmore. Willesden Green is also served as part of the Night Tube, which is run overnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

The station still has side platforms for the Metropolitan line who bypass the station without stopping at it, but these are not in regular use and are only used when the Jubilee line is not serving the station due to planned engineering works or severe service disruption.^[14]

Connections

London Buses routes 260, 266 and 460 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south
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  Southbound platform looking north
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  Southbound platform looking south
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  Station roundel
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  Station building viewed from the north
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  The southern side platform
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  Willesden Green tube station
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  The Metropolitan Railway clock at Willesden Green
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  Southbound platform looking south
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  The station seen from the south with a non-stopping Metropolitan line train passing by
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  The original station which opened in 1879
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  Island platform