WEST HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY STATION

There are two National Rail and one London Underground stations within a short walk of each other called 'West Hampstead', on West End Lane in the London Borough of Camden.

Contents

Interchange

North London Line

West Hampstead Thameslink

London Underground

Future

External links

Interchange

Interchange between the three stations is via the street. In order to complete a journey on a single ticket, interchange is permitted between the stations - for example from Richmond to St Albans, a valid route is to change here. The diagram shows the location of the three stations relative to each other. West Hampstead Thameslink to West Hampstead (North London Line) is a distance of approximately 100 yards (91 metres) along West End Lane; West Hampstead (Jubilee Line) is a similar distance to the south. Chiltern Railways services to and from London Marylebone station run along the route marked in blue; platforms could be added to the south of the present Jubilee Line station to provide interchange facilities, as discussed below.

North London Line

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'West Hampstead' is a National Rail station on the North London Line between Brondesbury and Finchley Road & Frognal. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The station and all trains are operated by Silverlink.
The normal service is a train every 15 minutes to Richmond and a train every 15 minutes to Stratford.
Anglia Railways used to run a service that called here, between Norwich and Basingstoke, but this was discontinued in autumn 2002, due to congestion on the North London Line and the financial return being less than that forecast.
The station was called 'West End Lane' until 1975.

West Hampstead Thameslink

'West Hampstead Thameslink' is a National Rail station on the Thameslink line between Kentish Town and Cricklewood.
It was built as 'West End' by the Midland Railway in 1871 on its extension to St. Pancras, to serve the newly-developed area around the hamlet of West End.
It became 'West End and Brondesbury' in 1904 and 'West Hampstead' in 1905. It was popular for many years for people taking a day out on Hampstead Heath and those visiting the chalybeate springs in Hampstead itself.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

London Underground

Main articles: West Hampstead tube station

'West Hampstead' tube station is on the Jubilee Line.

Future

Chiltern Railways run train services from Birmingham and Aylesbury through the area to Marylebone railway station and have suggested adding new platforms on their line and creating a combined London Underground, Silverlink, First Capital Connect and Chiltern station complex on the site of the three stations.

External links

★ Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06

★ and station information for West Hampstead from National Rail

★ and station information for West Hampstead Thameslink from National Rail

★ Street map and aerial photo of West Hampstead from Multimap.com