Wembley Stadium railway station

London stations
name = Wembley Stadium
railcode = WCX


manager = Chiltern Railways
locale = Wembley
borough = London Borough of Brent
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Wembley Stadium railway station is a Network Rail station in Wembley, Greater London on the Chiltern Main Line. At a quarter of a mile (400m) south west of the sports venue it is the nearest station to Wembley Stadium.

History

The first Wembley Stadium Station

The first Wembley Stadium station, at (Coord|51.558638|-0.273010), about one kilometre ENE of the present station, was opened by the LNER in 1923 as "The Exhibition Station (Wembley)" with one platform on a loop between Wembley Hill station (which is now called Wembley Stadium station) and Neasden Junction off the Chiltern Main Line. The connections faced London to allow an intensive service with no reversing. It was renamed several times to become Wembley Stadium Station in 1928 [http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/c1475068.html] . The station closed in 1968. Traces of the line can be seen on maps and in aerial photographs. The line was normally used only for passenger services for events at the stadium or the Empire Pool within the estate built for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Temporary sidings led into the "Palace of Engineering" exhibition hall where both the Great Western Railway's locomotive "Caerphilly Castle" and the London and North Eastern Railway's "Flying Scotsman" were displayed with each claimed by its owners as the most powerful passenger locomotive in Britain. [cite book
last = Welbourn
first = Nigel
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title = Lost Lines London
publisher = Ian Allan
date = 1998
location = Shepperton, England
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isbn =0-7110-2623-8 ] [cite book
last = Nock
first = Oswald
authorlink = O. S. Nock
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title = British Locomotives of the 20th Century
publisher = Patrick Stephens Ltd
date = 1983
location = Cambridge, England
pages = p210
url =
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isbn = 0850595959]

The present station

The present station opened in 1906 as "Wembley Hill" and became "Wembley Complex" before getting its present name. There were originally four tracks with the two platforms on passing loops outside the running lines; the current two-track layout dates from the 1960s.

Services

Train services, by Chiltern Railways, run from Marylebone towards High Wycombe and Birmingham Snow Hill. The service to Central London is quicker than those from other stations in the area, some trains reach London Marylebone in eight minutes. On match days at the Stadium the trains become busy and crowded.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/station/wembley-stadium/ Wembley Stadium at Chiltern Railways]

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