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. The station is located between The Link in the Sudbury Court Estate of North Wembley, and Windermere Grove in Kenton, in the Wembley postal area. It is in London fare zone 4.
History
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 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, 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
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 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
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.