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Kilburn tube station

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{{London stations| name = Kilburn| image = | manager = London Underground .html">Travelcard Zone 2 2 | locale = Kilburn .html">London Borough of Camden Camden | start=1879 | platforms=2| exits=6.544}} '''Kilburn tube station''' is a London Underground station at Kilburn in north-west London. It is on the Jubilee Line, situated between Willesden Green tube station Willesden Green and West Hampstead tube station West Hampstead tube stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is situated on a viaduct crossing the main A5 road A5 trunk road at the north end of a stretch known as Kilburn High Road. It is approximately one mile south of the Cricklewood area and 200m north of Brondesbury station. It opened as ''Kilburn and Brondesbury'' on 24 November, 1879, as part of the Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway run by the Metropolitan Railway. Following the merger of the Metropolitan Railway into London Transport in 1933, it then became part of the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line on 20 November, 1939, at which time the station was extensively rebuilt. The station was renamed to its current name on September 25, 1950. It was transferred to the Jubilee Line on its opening, on 1 May, 1979. {{start LUL box}} {{LUL line|next=West Hampstead tube station West Hampstead|line=Jubilee Line|previous=Willesden Green tube station Willesden Green}} {{end box}} {{London-tube-stub}} Category:Brent