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Wembley Park
Location	Wembley Park
Local authority	Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	ZWY
Platforms in use	6
Fare zone	4
LUL 2005 usage	7.079 million
LUL 2007 usage	11.907 million
LUL 2008 usage	10.75 million
1880; 1893; 1894; 1932; 1939; 1979; 1979	Tracks Laid (MR); Limited opening; Full opening; Branch to Stanmore opened; Started (Bakerloo); Ended (Bakerloo); Started (Jubilee)
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Facilities
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Wembley Park tube station is a London Underground station in Wembley Park, north west London. The station is served by the Underground's Metropolitan and Jubilee Lines and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is located on Bridge Road (A4089) and is the nearest Underground station to the Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena complex.

[edit] History

Tracks were laid through the area by the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan Line) when it extended its services from Willesden Green to Harrow-on-the-Hill. Services to Harrow started on 2 August 1880 although Wembley Park station was not constructed until later.

Wembley Park station was constructed to serve the pleasure grounds developed by the MR at Wembley Park, a former country estate bought by the company in 1881^[2] as a destination for excursion trips on the company's trains. The station opened for the first time on 14 October 1893 and initially operated to serve only Saturday football matches in the park. It opened fully on 12 May 1894^[3]. Later in the 1890s, the Great Central Railway's (GCR's) London extension was constructed adjacent to the MR's tracks. The tracks pass under the entrance building but the station has never been served by mainline operators.

In 1905 the tracks were electrified and the first electric trains became operational. Between 1913 and 1915, the MR added additional tracks to double the line's capacity^[4]. On 10 December 1932^[3], the MR opened a branch line north from Wembley Park to Stanmore.

Originally, the MR served all stations south from Wembley Park to Baker Street station but the line suffered from congestion due to limited capacity on the tracks heading into Baker Street. Following the combination of the MR and London's other underground railways to form the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933, the LPTB took steps to alleviate the congestion by constructing new Bakerloo Line tunnels from Baker Street to connect to the Metropolitan's tracks south of Finchley Road station. From 20 November 1939^[5], the Bakerloo Line then took over the Metropolitan stopping services between Wembley Park and Finchley Road and the Stanmore branch.

To handle the exceptional passenger numbers associated with the 1948 Olympics held at Wembley stadium, the original station building was extended and given a new ticket hall and additional circulation routes and platform stairs.

At the opening of the Jubilee Line on 1 May 1979, the Bakerloo service from Baker Street to Stanmore was transferred to the new line.

In conjunction with the reconstruction of Wembley stadium, the station was again modified. Additional facilities were provided to handle event crowds and a more direct access route to the stadium was constructed with a staircase leading down to Olympic Way.

[edit] Layout

The station currently has six London Underground tracks, with the two Jubilee Line tracks in the centre flanked in turn by the Slow and Fast Metropolitan Line tracks. Fast trains call at the station only during off-peak periods. Both Metropolitan and Jubilee Line trains may start or end their service at the station. Jubilee Line trains that terminate at Wembley Park reverse via sidings between the running lines to the north of the station.

Side Platform
⇒ Southbound	Metropolitan fast services towards Baker Street or Aldgate ⇒
⇒ Southbound	Metropolitan slow services towards Baker Street or Aldgate ⇒
Island Platform
⇒ Southbound	Jubilee towards Stratford ⇒
⇐ Northbound	Jubilee towards Stanmore ⇐
Island Platform
⇐ Northbound	Metropolitan slow services towards Uxbridge or Watford ⇐
⇐ Northbound	Metropolitan fast services towards Amersham or Chesham* ⇐
Side Platform

*Limited Service

[edit] See also

List of London Underground stations
Other stations in Wembley served by London Underground:
- North Wembley
- Wembley Central

[edit] Gallery

Wembley Park	Station platform from a northbound Jubilee Line train	Roundel on northbound Metropolitan	Tube arriving at Wembley Park Station
Old station building	Old 1996 extension, used until 2004	Wembley Park Station, viewed from across the street at night	A Jubilee line train arriving on platform 4, taken from Metropolitan line platform 1

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Transport for London - London Underground performance update
^ English History Online - A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4 (1971), pp. 198-203
^ ^a ^b Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Metropolitan Line
^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
^ Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Bakerloo Line

[edit] External links

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Kingsbury towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		Neasden towards Stratford
Preston Road towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chesham or Watford		Metropolitan line		Finchley Road towards Baker Street or Aldgate

Coordinates: 51°33′49″N 0°16′46″W / 51.56361°N 0.27944°W / 51.56361; -0.27944

[infobox_stats_ref_tube-0] Transport for London - London Underground performance update

[EHO-01-1] English History Online - A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4 (1971), pp. 198-203

[CULG_01-2] Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Metropolitan Line

[DRose-3] Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.

[CULG_02-4] Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Bakerloo Line

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