Hendon railway station

Hendon
Hendon Location of Hendon in Greater London
Location	Hendon
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	HEN
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	3 and 4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	0.930 million
2009–10	0.817 million
2010–11	0.838 million
2011–12	0.910 million
2012–13	0.983 million
2013–14	1.195 million
Key dates
1868	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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Hendon railway station is a National Rail station situated to the west of Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet in North London, at grid reference TQ221882.

The station lies on the north-south Midland Main Line and is served by Thameslink trains on the Thameslink route. It is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4.

It was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras. From 1875 the Midland opened a service to Victoria on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway and received coaches from the London and South Western Railway for attachment to north-bound trains.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is four trains per hour southbound to London, Wimbledon and Sutton, and four trains per hour northbound, of which two terminate at St Albans and two run to Luton. Services to and from Brighton, Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport stop here at night only, but pass through non-stop during the day.

East Midlands Trains InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton and St Pancras International.

Development

From March 2009, Southeastern and Thameslink began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton, though in the off-peak these services turn back at Kentish Town.

Down fast freight in 1949

Northbound view across the four platforms. The two additional freight lines are behind the platform fencing on the extreme left. Off the right-hand side of the photograph, beyond the car park, runs the parallel M1 motorway.

Service patterns

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Mill Hill Broadway		Thameslink Thameslink (Local)		Cricklewood

Connections

London Buses routes 83, 183 and school routes 653 and 683 and night route N5 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Hendon railway station from National Rail