Queensbury tube station

Queensbury
Queensbury
	Queensbury Location of Queensbury in Greater London
Location	Queensbury
Local authority	Brent
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018	4.20 million
2019	4.11 million
2020	2.86 million
2021	1.84 million
2022	3.07 million
Railway companies
Original company	Metropolitan Railway
Key dates
16 December 1934	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page;
Coordinates	51°35′39″N 0°17′10″W / 51.59417°N 0.28621°W
	London transport portal

Queensbury is a London Underground station in Queensbury, northwest London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Canons Park and Kingsbury stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

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

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

The Hive Stadium

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

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

^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ 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

Gallery

Platform 2 heading southbound (facing south)
Platform 2 heading southbound (facing north)
Roundel on westbound platform

Preceding station		Following station
Canons Park towards Stanmore	Jubilee line	Kingsbury towards Stratford
Former services
Canons Park towards Stanmore	Metropolitan line Stanmore branch (1932–1939)	Kingsbury towards Baker Street or Aldgate
Canons Park towards Stanmore	Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939–1979)	Kingsbury towards Elephant & Castle