Queensbury tube station

London Underground station

Queensbury is located in Greater London
Queensbury
Queensbury
Location of Queensbury in Greater London
LocationQueensburyLocal authorityBrentManaged byLondon UndergroundNumber of platforms2Fare zone4London Underground annual entry and exit2018Decrease 4.20 million[1]2019Decrease 4.11 million[2]2020Decrease 2.86 million[3]2021Decrease 1.84 million[4]2022Increase 3.07 million[5]Railway companiesOriginal companyMetropolitan RailwayKey dates16 December 1934OpenedOther informationExternal links
  • TfL station info page
Coordinates51°35′39″N 0°17′10″W / 51.59417°N 0.28621°W / 51.59417; -0.28621 London transport portal

Queensbury is a London Underground station in Queensbury, northwest London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Canons Park and Kingsbury stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

The station opened on 16 December 1934, two years after the neighbouring stations, as part of the Metropolitan line and with its branch was transferred to the Bakerloo line in 1939, and then to the Jubilee line in 1979.

The name Queensbury did not, when it was chosen, refer to any pre-existing area. It was coined by analogy with the adjacent Kingsbury station. Most of the locale now known as Queensbury is actually to the north-west of the tube station, in the London Borough of Harrow, just across the borough border from the tube station, which is in the London Borough of Brent.

Connections

London Buses routes 79, 114, 288 and 324, night route N98 and non-TFL routes 614 and 644 serve the station.

The Hive Stadium

Since 2013 and together with Canons Park station, Queensbury station is the next Tube station for "The Hive Stadium", the new football ground of Barnet FC, that is located 400 metres north along the railway tracks.

Trivia

The station, and its local surroundings and characters were cited in the song "Queensbury Station" by the Berlin-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album "Beyond Believable", released on the Bouncing Corporation label in 1988. The song was written by Paul Bonin and Melanie Hickford, who both grew up and lived in the area.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ https://mgonline.gema.de/werke/detail.do?title=QUEENSBURY+STATION&dbkey=540612[permanent dead link] GEMA database listing for Queensbury Station song, work no.: 2181020-001

Gallery

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  • Platform 2 heading southbound (facing south)
    Platform 2 heading southbound (facing south)
  • Platform 2 heading southbound (facing north)
    Platform 2 heading southbound (facing north)
  • Roundel on westbound platform
    Roundel on westbound platform
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Canons Park
towards Stanmore
 Jubilee line Kingsbury
towards Stratford
Former services
Canons Park
towards Stanmore
 Metropolitan line
Stanmore branch (1932–1939)
 Kingsbury
Bakerloo line
Stanmore branch (1939–1979)
 Kingsbury
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StationsRolling stockDepotsHistory
Jubilee Line Extension
Former lines
Former stations
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Phase 2 (1971)
Phase 3 (1971/72)
Phase 3 (1980)
Former rolling stock