Brondesbury
If the entrance to Brondesbury station is uninspiring, the platforms are even less so, as seen in this view looking east on 5th October 2019. This is one of the original stations of the Hampstead Junction Railway, opened with the line on 2nd January 1860 and it went through several name changes in its first 23 years. Edgware Road (Kilburn) on opening became simply Edgware Road on 1st October 1865. In 1872, it was further renamed Edgware Road & Brondesbury but still this did not satisfy the LNWR Directors and in 1873 it became Brondesbury (Edgware Road). Edgware Road was finally dropped altogether when, on 1st May 1883, it became simply Brondesbury and has remained so to the present day. This was once part of the Broad Street to Richmond Line, infamously listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching Report but was eventually saved and since becoming part of London Overground in 2007, it now carries far more passengers than it ever did.
Location: Brondesbury
Original line: Hampstead Junction Railway (London and North Western Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023
Date: 05/10/2019
Image number: 71540
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