- Neasden Power Station
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Neasden Power Station Country England Location Greater London Coordinates 51°33′35″N 0°15′41″W / 51.5597°N 0.2613°WCoordinates: 51°33′35″N 0°15′41″W / 51.5597°N 0.2613°W Commission date 1904 Decommission date 1968 Operator(s) Metropolitan Railway Power station information Primary fuel Coal-fired grid reference TQ2051286016 Neasden Power Station was a coal-fired power station built by the Metropolitan Railway for their electrification project. It was opened in December 1904. The Neasden site was alongside the Metropolitan Railways existing depot and workshops.
Along with Lots Road power station, Neasden power station supplied the combined London Transport network from its formation in 1933.
Coal for the power station was brought in by rail in trains run initially by the MetR using its fleet of steam locomotives and then by the LNER after June 1935.
The power station ceased generating in 1968.
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Organisations Categories:- Coal-fired power stations in England
- London infrastructure
- Power stations in London
- Demolished power stations in the United Kingdom
- London Underground infrastructure
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