Colindale Underground station

Image: © Marathon Taken: 14 Oct 2015

The extension beyond Golders Green to Hendon and Edgware, delayed by the First World War, finally opened to Hendon Central in 1923 and on to Edgware on 18th August 1924. Colindale station also opened on 18th August 1924 on what was then the 'Hampstead and Highgate Line', the first station of the second section of the extension to Edgware. The opening of the station spurred the development of Colindale. In 1933 it became part of the London Passenger Transport Board's Northern line as the Edgware branch. T. E. Lawrence regularly used the station when he was stationed at the nearby Hendon Aerodrome, and it was the source of his pen name "Colin Dale". Colindale tube station was severely damaged during The Blitz. At 8:45 pm on 25th September 1940 the station was hit by a large bomb. Two trains were at the station at the time of the explosion, and 13 people were killed. This view is from the central platform looking south. A train bound for Edgware is approaching.

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