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Kensal Green
Location
Place	Kensal Green, Harlesden
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Operations
Managed by	London Underground[1]
Platforms in use	2
National Rail
Station code	KNL
Annual entry/exit	0.931 million **
Transport for London
Zone	2
Annual entry/exit	2 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1916
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
** based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF)
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Kensal Green station is a Network Rail station served by London Underground Bakerloo Line and London Overground trains. It is located on the Harrow Road, London, NW10.

The station opened on 1 October 1916 as a new stop on the existing London and North Western Railway (LNWR) tracks to Euston. Bakerloo Line services had been running between Queen's Park and Willesden Junction since 10 May 1915.

The station was in the news early in 2006, after it was the last station visited by Thomas Ap Rhys-Pryce before he was murdered in a robbery in Kensal Green. The two main suspects had also visited the station that same night, a short time before the murder and mugged a man on the platform. A suspect also tried to use Ap Rhys-Pryce's Oyster Card a day after the incident at the station, and was picked up on CCTV, aiding the Police investigation.

This incident sparked a major public discussion on station safety and security, mainly because the station was un-staffed when the suspects mugged the man on the platform. The only security present was CCTV cameras, and the ticket barriers were left open allowing the suspects to enter the station freely. Many high-profile politicians spoke on the issue of station safety and called on train companies to provide security or staff the station until the last train had left the station. The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, became personally involved in this, and publicly attacked the now defunct Silverlink, for not providing all-night staffing or security. He also stated that any company that wanted to bid for the subsidy to run the train line currently held by Silverlink, would have to staff the station until the last train has left the station. Eventually, towards the last quarter of 2006, Silverlink hired a private security firm to patrol the station, and also had speakers installed in the ticket hall to put-off gangs of youths from hanging around.

1. ^ Transport for London - Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations - 5 December 2006.

• Murder of Tom ap Rhys Pryce

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Willesden Junction towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line		Queen's Park towards Elephant & Castle
London Overground
Willesden Junction towards Watford Junction		Watford DC Line		Queen's Park towards London Euston

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive. Station building, 1928
• Train times and station information for Kensal Green railway station from National Rail (Station code: KNL)

• Kensal Green station is at coordinates 51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746, -0.224790Coordinates: 51°31′51″N 0°13′29″W / 51.530746, -0.224790