Brent Cross tube station

Brent Cross
Brent Cross Station
Brent Cross Location of Brent Cross in Greater London
Location	Brent Cross
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	2.41 million[1]
2020	1.35 million[2]
2021	1.07 million[3]
2022	2.04 million[4]
2023	1.86 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	London Electric Railway
Key dates
19 November 1923	Opened as Brent
20 July 1976	Renamed Brent Cross
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1401123[6]
Added to list	20 July 2011
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.57667°N 0.21361°W / 51.57667; -0.21361
London transport portal

Brent Cross is a London Underground station located on Highfield Avenue in the Golders Green area of north west London. The station is a Grade II listed building.[7]

The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Hendon Central and Golders Green stations, and in Travelcard Zone 3. The Brent Cross shopping centre is equidistant between this station and Hendon Central station.

History

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps and opened as Brent, the name of the nearby river, on 19 November 1923.[8][9] It was the first station of the extension of what was then known as the Hampstead & Highgate Line, which was built through undeveloped rural areas to Edgware.

The extension had first been planned prior to the First World War when the station had been due to be called "Woodstock". It was renamed from Brent to its current name on the 2 March 1976 opening of the shopping centre.

Two passing loops were built at the station, not long after it opened, to allow fast trains to overtake slower ones here, but these extra tracks were removed in the 1930s. The bridges over Highfield Avenue reflect this extra width, although both north and south of the station the alignment narrows again.

Development

A planning application, registered in March 2008, for the nearby Brent Cross area[10][11] would improve bus services passing the station. A turning circle for buses outside the tube station is proposed, needing the demolition of nearby housing.

In early 2008, the London Group of the Campaign for Better Transport published the North and West London Light Railway Proposal (q.v.)[12] for a rapid transit scheme through the Brent Cross site, terminating at the tube station.[13]

Connections

London Buses routes 112, 210 and 232 serve the station.[14]

References

1. "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.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. Historic England. "Brent Cross Underground Station and parade of shops (1401123)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
7. "16 London Underground Stations Listed at Grade II". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
8. London Transport Museum The station just before opening. Note the space for (later) by-pass tracks
9. London Transport Museum Station building at opening
10. Developers' website Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
11. London Borough of Barnet Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Regeneration proposals
12. London Campaign for Better Transport Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine North and West London light railway (NWLLR) / Brent Cross Railway (BCR) plan
13. London Campaign for Better Transport Archived 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Response to planning application
14. "Buses from Brent Cross" (PDF). TfL. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

Gallery

• 
  View westward, towards Edgware in 1961
• 
  View NW towards Edgware from station entrance in 1961
• 
  Main entrance to Brent Cross Station, 2023
• 
  Brent Cross Station platforms
• 
  Brent Cross Station as viewed from footbridge at Hendon Park
• 
  Heathfield Gardens entrance to Brent Cross Station

External links

• A History of London Tube Maps – 1914 map showing proposed station name as Woodstock
• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Site of Brent station, 1922
  • Station Platforms on opening day, 19 November 1923
  • Booking hall, 1922

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Hendon Central towards Edgware		Northern line Edgware branch		Golders Green towards Battersea Power Station, Morden or Kennington