Queensbury tube station

Queensbury London Underground
Queensbury is located in Greater London
Queensbury
Queensbury
Location of Queensbury in Greater London
LocationQueensbury
Local authorityBrent
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 4.11 million[1]
2020Decrease 2.86 million[2]
2021Decrease 1.84 million[3]
2022Increase 3.07 million[4]
2023Decrease 3.06 million[5]
Key dates
16 December 1934Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°35′39″N 0°17′10″W / 51.59417°N 0.28621°W / 51.59417; -0.28621
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Queensbury is a London Underground station in Queensbury, north-west London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Canons Park and Kingsbury stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

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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

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

The Hive Stadium

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  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
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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