Kensal Rise Station
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Kensal Rise Station
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 25 Nov 2015
Looking east. This is a station on the North London line of the Overground. It was opened as Kensal Green & Harlesden on 1 November 1861. In 1890 it was renamed as Kensal Rise. For many years this station, along with others on this line, had just a miserable service of half-hourly trains between Richmond and Broad Street. The stations became run-down and vandalised, so it was no surprise when the line was slated for closure by Beeching. However, it survived and now, under the Overground, this line has been transformed, with a frequent service of clean, bright trains that are very well used. This was certainly one case where Beeching was quite mistaken.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.534375
Longitude
-0.220108