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Kentish Town West railway
station, on the North London line, is in Prince of Wales Road in
the London Borough of Camden. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The
station and all trains serving it are operated by London
Overground.
The station opened on 1 April 1867 as "Kentish Town", was
renamed "Kentish Town West" on 2 June 1924, and closed after a
serious fire on 18 April 1971. Despite an announcement in 1976
that the station would not reopen, it was rebuilt and re-opened
on 5 October 1981 under British Rail.
To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground
network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford
closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June 2010, in order
to install a new signalling system and to extend 30 platforms.
After the reopening the work continued until May 2011 with a
reduced service and none on Sundays.
The station is managed by London Overground, which also operates
all services from the station. The basic weekday service is six
trains per hour in each direction, calling at every station.
Four are Richmond to Stratford North London line services, the
remaining two are West London line services between Clapham
Junction and Stratford (the latter do not run in the very late
evening).
Services are formed of Class 378 Capitalstar electric multiple
units, which replaced the older Class 313 EMUs.
London Buses routes 46 and 393 serve the station.
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