Northwood | |
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  Northwood Location of Northwood in Greater London | |
| Location | Northwood |
| Local authority | London Borough of Hillingdon |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  1.52 million[2] |
| 2021 | 1.27 million[3] |
| 2022 |  2.04 million[4] |
| 2023 | 2.16 million[5] |
| 2024 | 2.19 million[6] |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1887 | Opened |
| 14 November 1966 | Goods yard closed[1] |
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| Coordinates | 51°36′39″N0°25′28″W / 51.6109°N 0.4244°W /51.6109; -0.4244 |
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Northwood is aLondon Underground station. It is on theMetropolitan line betweenMoor Park andNorthwood Hills stations, and is inLondon fare zone 6. It is situated just off the main road through the town, Green Lane. The line serves as the sole continuous link between the town ofNorthwood and London, key for a region known asMetro-Land.
The station is located on a four-track section of the Metropolitan line. The two platforms are on the slow lines. There are no platforms on the fast lines, as fast services do not stop at this station.
The station was opened on 1 September 1887 on theMetropolitan Railway's extension from the previous terminus atPinner, en route toRickmansworth. Northwood was rebuilt in the 1960s so that platforms would be on the Watford slow lines rather than the Amersham fast lines.[7] In the originalCrossrail plans, Crossrail would have connected toAylesbury via the fast lines from Harrow to Rickmansworth and Northwood would have been an interchange with two extra platforms (meaning that the fast platforms atMoor Park would have been demolished) built on the fast lines. However, plans for this were dropped during the late 1990s.
Northwood used to be a terminus for many Metropolitan trains, similar to the status ofHarrow-on-the-Hill andNeasden, due to the placement of two sidings. Nowadays when there are engineering works or delays near Northwood, trains would turn around there. The goods depot has been demolished and the station car park has replaced it. The sidings were also a role to loadA60/A62 Stock andC69/C77 Stock trains onto lorries, where they went to scrap.[8][9]
On 31 December 1945, twoMetropolitan line trainscollided in fog between Northwood andNorthwood Hills. The driver of the second train had passed a danger signal under the "Stop and Proceed" rule but did not see the preceding train soon enough to stop; the Inspecting Officer concluded that he was travelling too fast, though at reduced speed. Two coaches of the front train were partly telescoped. A fire was started by electrical arcing; traction current could not be cut off for 12 minutes as short-circuiting bars and tunnel wires were not available on open-air trains and sections. 3 people trapped in the damaged compartments were killed due to smoke inhalation.[10]
Northwood station is on the Metropolitan line in London fare zone 6. It is betweenMoor Park to the north andNorthwood Hills to the south. In the northbound direction, the station is served by trains toWatford (4tph),Amersham (2tph) andChesham (2tph) trains (at peak times, 'fast' trains do not stop at stations between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Moor Park). In the southbound direction, off-peak services generally run 4tph toBaker Street and 4tph toAldgate.
London Buses routes282,331,H11 and non-TFL LSP route 508 serve the station.
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