Willesden Green | |
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 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 and3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  4.29 million[1] |
| 2021 | 3.38 million[2] |
| 2022 |  5.35 million[3] |
| 2023 | 5.43 million[4] |
| 2024 | 5.80 million[5] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Metropolitan Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 24 November 1879 (1879-11-24) | Opened asWillesden Green[6][7] |
| 1 June 1894 | RenamedWillesden Green and Cricklewood[6][8] |
| 1938 | RenamedWillesden 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| 7 December 1940 | Metropolitan line service withdrawn[7] |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; 19 years ago (2006-11-07) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°32′57″N0°13′18″W / 51.54917°N 0.22167°W /51.54917; -0.22167 |
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Willesden Green (/ˈwɪlzdənˈɡriːn/) is aLondon Underground station. It is located on Walm Lane inWillesden,London. The station is on theJubilee line, betweenDollis Hill andKilburn stations. It is in bothLondon fare zone 2 and3.
Metropolitan line trains typically bypass the station without stopping at it.
The original station opened on 24 November 1879 on theMetropolitan Railway (later theMetropolitan line). From 1894 to 1938, the station was known asWillesden Green and Cricklewood. From 20 November 1939, it also served theStanmore branch of theBakerloo line, with Met services being withdrawn in the following year. It transferred to theJubilee line in 1979. A connecting tunnel atEmbankment station mistakenly showsWillesden Green as part of the Bakerloo line, as a result of a typo which should sayWillesden 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 ofCharles Walter Clark, the Metropolitan Railway's architect, who used this style of marble whitefaience 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 greentesserae mosaic tiling and was one of the reasons that led to the station being made a Grade IIListed 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 andNeasden are the other stations to have their platform buildings intact. The line betweenFinchley Road andHarrow-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 theLondon Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) took over service, trains from the north would be run by theLNER toNeasden 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 anartificial intelligence that would detect events such asfare 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]
Willesden Green station is on the Jubilee line betweenDollis Hill to the north andKilburn to the south. There is a frequent Jubilee line service at Willesden Green. Trains heading southbound terminate atNorth Greenwich orStratford. It previously servedCharing Cross until 1999, when theJubilee line extension isolated the station from the rest of the line. Those heading northbound either terminate here, atWembley Park orStanmore. Willesden Green is also served as part of theNight 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]
London Buses routes 260, 266 and 460 serve the station.
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During Jubilee line closures, starting in 2009, the Metropolitan line stopped at Willesden Green for a total of 37 days. Over this two-year period 323,088 passengers used the station an average of 8,732 on each day, compared with a typical Saturday and Sunday usage by Jubilee line customers at the station of 14,131 and 10,804 respectively.
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| Dollis Hill towardsStanmore | Jubilee line | Kilburn towardsStratford | ||
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| Dollis Hill towardsStanmore | Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939–1979) | Kilburn towardsElephant & Castle | ||
| Metropolitan line Stanmore branch (1932–1939) | Kilburn towardsBaker Street orAldgate | |||
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