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Station Grove, WEMBLEY, HA0 4YP

Currently being redeveloped. It was a 1960s concrete creation which has not stood the test of time.

Looking towards Watford from the Down DC lines platform. The DC lines are so called because they are electrified using a direct current system (as opposed to the AC system used on the parallel West Coast Main Line, which also has platforms here). A shopping centre has been built over much of the station, hence the rapid descent into dinginess from here.

Railway tracks at Wembley Central station in north west London. This pair of tracks is used by London Overground and London Underground (Bakerloo line) services, and are electrified using the third rail system. A fourth rail is provided for London Underground trains, as their electrification system differs from that used by London Overground. In the background, overhead electrification gantries can be seen. The parallel tracks are used by longer-distance trains, which draw their power from the overhead wires. One difference between the two systems is that third rail uses direct current (DC), whereas overhead electrification generally uses alternating current (AC).

View southward, towards Willesden Junction and Euston: LMS West Coast Main Line. The 'Red Rose', (12.05 London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street) is headed by Stanier 'Princess Coronation' Pacific No. 46248 'City of Leeds' (built 10/43, withdrawn 8/64): it ran non-stop and was due in Liverpool at 15.50. The local electric lines to Watford Junction are on the right. The signalbox is Sudbury Junction, controlling the entry to the great Sudbury Sidings seen beginning on the left.

View NE from the London end of the local platforms, towards Watford Junction and the North, WCML. Countless Specials came to Wembley, on the WCML and on the ex-GC line, on Cup Final days. Most of the WCML Specials went into Euston, but some unloaded here. This train from Colne via Stockport is headed by two Stanier 5MT 4-6-0s: No. 45229 (built 1936, withdrawn 9/65) and 44940 (built 12/45, withdrawn 3/68).

View SE towards Willesden and London, seen from the Watford DC Lines platform. The Locomotive is LMS Stanier 4MT 2-6-4T No. 42470 (built late 1937, withdrawn 9/62). (Tottenham Hotspurs won).

Opened in 1842 by the London & Birmingham Railway, this station has been rebuilt numerous times since. The entrance and forecourt was most recently rebuilt in 2014.

View SE on Platform 1, towards London Euston, also Elephant & Castle via Queens Park: ex-LNWR, National Rail/Virgin West Coast Main Line and Watford DC Lines, also London Underground Bakerloo Line (to Harrow & Wealdstone). The 'tunnel' results from the construction in the 1960s of Station Square, with shops and offices, above the railway during the time the electrification of the WCML was being undertaken. The Fast lines are in the middle on the left (Platforms 3 and 4). These platforms are not normally used and expresses rushing through at 100+ mph are liable to sweep people off even the Slow lines platforms (Nos. 5 and 6), where local services call. These are kept clear except when a stopping train is due. [How on earth this is managed, I don't understand]? Until the Olympics of 1948, held at Wembley Park, the station was named 'Wembley, for Sudbury'.

Opened in 1842 by the London & Birmingham Railway, this station has been rebuilt numerous times since. View north west towards North Wembley and Watford Junction. The station is also used by Bakerloo line trains. Like 55% of the London Underground network, this part is actually overground.

Disconsolate Sheffield Wednesday fans waiting for a train to central London having lost 0-1 to Hull City in the 2016 Championship Play-Off Final