High Street Kensington tube station
High Street Kensington | |
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High Street Kensington Location of High Street Kensington in Central London | |
Location | Kensington High Street |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2015 | 13.36 million[1] |
2016 | 13.10 million[1] |
2017 | 12.76 million[1] |
2018 | 11.50 million[2] |
2019 | 11.69 million[3] |
Key dates | |
1 October 1868 | Opened |
25 November 1963 | Goods yard closed[4] |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°30′03″N 0°11′33″W / 51.5008°N 0.1925°WCoordinates: 51°30′03″N 0°11′33″W / 51.5008°N 0.1925°W |
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High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street, in Kensington. The station is on the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Notting Hill Gate, and the District line between Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gate and is in Travelcard Zone 1. Kensington Arcade forms the entrance to the station.
Services[]
The station itself has four platforms─two through platforms and two bay platforms. Platform 1 is used for anticlockwise Circle line and westbound District line trains towards Gloucester Road and Earl's Court respectively. Platform 2 is for clockwise Circle line and eastbound District line trains towards Edgware Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are used for terminating District line trains from Earl's Court. Platform 3 is usually used for the Olympia service, which runs weekends and for special events, and platform 4 is usually only used at the start and end of the day. There used to be a waiting room between Platform 2 and 3 for customer use, but this was turned into a staff room for drivers shortly before the Circle line extension to Hammersmith was implemented in December 2009.
Just south of the station is the junction where the Circle and District lines diverge.
The typical off-peak service from this station is:
- 12 tph (trains per hour) to Edgware Road via Paddington (6 tph District line, 6 tph Circle line)
- 6 tph to Wimbledon via Earl's Court (District line)
- 6 tph anticlockwise on the Circle line via Victoria and Embankment to Hammersmith
Weekend and Special Events only:
- 3 tph to Kensington (Olympia) via Earl's Court (District line)
Connections[]
London Buses routes 9, 23, 27, 28, 49, 52, 70, 328, 452 and C1 and night bus routes N9, N28 and N31 serve the station.[5] Green Line route 702 also serves the station.[6]
Gallery[]
High Street Kensington Roundel
Entrance from Kensington Arcade
A District line S7 Stock train standing at bay platform 3 for shuttle route to Olympia.
See also[]
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References[]
- ^ a b c "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
- ^ High Street Kensington Buses Transport for London
- ^ Route 702 timetable Reading Buses
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1
- Circle line stations
- District line stations
- Tube stations in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Former Metropolitan Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
- Former Metropolitan District Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871
- Kensington
- Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom