Wembley Central station

The Wembley Central station is a railway (train) station in Wembley, London. It is a transfer station on the West Coast Main Line, London Overground and London Underground Backerloo Line.

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Location	Wembley
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	WMB
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	6 (4 in regular use)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1842	Station opened as "Sudbury"
1 May 1882	Renamed "Sudbury & Wembley"
1 November 1910	renamed "Wembley for Sudbury"
16 April 1917	Bakerloo line
1948	Street level buildings reconstructed within shopping arcade
5 July 1948	renamed "Wembley Central"
24 September 1982	Bakerloo line service withdrawn
4 June 1984	Bakerloo line service re-instated
June 2008	Station building demolished for re-development
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses

History

• 20 July 1837: London and Birmingham Railway line opened
• 1842: Station opened as "Sudbury"
• 5 July 1948: renamed "Wembley Central"
• February 2009: Southern services between Milton Keynes and East Croydon stop here (each hour Mon-Sat daytime).
• December 2014: London Midland services between London Euston and Tring have been introduced (each hour Mon-Sat daytime).

Wembley Central Station Media

• Wembley Central stn main line entrances.JPG

  Redevelopment seen in November 2009

• Wembley Stadium map.png

  A map of Wembley Stadium in relation to Olympic Way, Wembley Central, Wembley Stadium and Wembley Park stations, and the A406 North Circular road (bottom right)

Other websites

• Train times and station information for Wembley Central station from National Rail