High Street Kensington tube station

High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street, in Kensington. The station is on the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Notting Hill Gate, and the District line between Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gate and is in Travelcard Zone 1. Kensington Arcade forms the entrance to the station.

High Street Kensington
Entrance is through Kensington Arcade
High Street Kensington Location of High Street Kensington in Central London
Location	Kensington High Street
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015	13.36 million[1]
2016	13.10 million[1]
2017	12.76 million[1]
2018	11.50 million[2]
2019	11.69 million[3]
Key dates
1 October 1868	Opened
25 November 1963	Goods yard closed[4]
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.5008°N 0.1925°W
London transport portal

Services

The station itself has four platforms─two through platforms and two bay platforms. Platform 1 is used for anticlockwise Circle line and westbound District line trains towards Gloucester Road and Earl's Court respectively. Platform 2 is for clockwise Circle line and eastbound District line trains towards Edgware Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are used for terminating District line trains from Earl's Court. Platform 3 is usually used for the Olympia service, which runs weekends and for special events, and platform 4 is usually only used at the start and end of the day. There used to be a waiting room between Platform 2 and 3 for customer use, but this was turned into a staff room for drivers shortly before the Circle line extension to Hammersmith was implemented in December 2009.

Just south of the station is the junction where the Circle and District lines diverge.

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

• 12 tph (trains per hour) to Edgware Road via Paddington (6 tph District line, 6 tph Circle line)
• 6 tph to Wimbledon via Earl's Court (District line)
• 3 tph to Kensington (Olympia) via Earl's Court (District line) (weekends and special events only)
• 6 tph anticlockwise on the Circle line via Victoria and Embankment to Hammersmith

Connections

London Buses routes 9, 23, 27, 28, 49, 52, 70, 328, 452 and C1 and night bus routes N9, N28 and N31 serve the station.[5] Green Line route 702 also serves the station.[6]

Gallery

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  High Street Kensington Roundel
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  Entrance from Kensington Arcade
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  A District line S7 Stock train standing at bay platform 3 for shuttle route to Olympia.

See also

• Cromwell Curve

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
4. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
5. High Street Kensington Buses Transport for London
6. Route 702 timetable Reading Buses