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Burnt Oak
Burnt OakLocation of Burnt Oak in Greater London
Location	Burnt Oak
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	4.19 million
2020	2.93 million
2021	1.91 million
2022	3.11 million
2023	3.06 million
Railway companies
Original company	London Electric Railway
Key dates
27 October 1924	Opened as Burnt Oak
c. 1928	Renamed Burnt Oak (Watling)
c. 1950	Renamed Burnt Oak
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51°36′10″N 0°15′50″W / 51.60278°N 0.26389°W / 51.60278; -0.26389
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Burnt Oak is a London Underground station in Burnt Oak, north London, on Watling Avenue, off the A5 (the Edgware Road, originally a Roman Road known as Watling Street). The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Edgware and Colindale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 4.

Location

Burnt Oak is on Watling Avenue, situated near the Burnt Oak Library, separated by the rail tracks. The station serves a moderate residential area. Rows of shops are along Watling Avenue. Barnfield Primary School, Burnt Oak Brook, Goldbeaters Primary School, Barnet Burnt Oak Leisure Center and Edgware Community Hospital are nearby.

History

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps and opened as Burnt Oak (for Watling) on 27 October 1924, two months after the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate Line from Hendon Central to Edgware had opened. For a while, the station was going to be named "Sheves Hill", and this name appears on a version of the Underground map from 1924. On a later version "Sheves Hill" is crossed out with "Burnt Oak" printed on the side. The station was originally provided with a temporary structure before the final ticket office building was constructed in 1925. The suffix was dropped from the name about 1950.

In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube.

Services and connections

The station is on the London Underground Northern line, between Edgware and Colindale stations, in Zone 4. The typical off-peak service, in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 20 tph northbound to Edgware
• 10 tph southbound to Morden via Bank
• 10 tph southbound to Battersea Power Station via Charing Cross

London Buses routes 32, 114, 142, 204, 251, 292, 302, 614 and 644, and night routes N5 and N16 serve the station.

Gallery

• View SE, towards Golders Green and central London in 1961
• Island platform looking north
• Island platform looking south
• One of the larger roundels displaying the former suffix "for Watling"

References

1. "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.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
6. Burnt Oak tube station (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
7. "Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free". London City Hall. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
8. Feather, Clive (18 September 2018). "Northern line". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Construction of Watling Avenue from Burnt Oak station to Edgware Road, 14 May 1924
  • Junction of Watling Avenue (on right of picture) and Edgware Road, 1926
  • Temporary station building constructed for opening of station, 1925
  • Permanent station building, 1925

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
EdgwareTerminus		Northern lineEdgware branch		Colindaletowards Battersea Power Station, Morden or Kennington

• Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
• Northern line stations
• Tube stations in the London Borough of Barnet
• Former London Electric Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1924
• London Underground Night Tube stations
• Stanley Heaps railway stations