Brent Cross West railway station
Brent Cross West is a railway station on the Thameslink route and on the Midland Main Line. The station serves Brent Cross and the northern parts of Cricklewood and Dollis Hill areas of north London. The station is part of the Brent Cross Cricklewood development, which also sees an investment to Cricklewood station further down the line. The station was opened on 10 December 2023.
The western entrance to the station, seen a day after opening
Brent Cross West station under construction in June 2022
Eastern entrance
Footbridge
Thameslink is a mainline route on the British railway network, running from Bedford, Luton, St Albans City, Peterborough, Welwyn Garden City, London Blackfriars and Cambridge via central London to Sutton, Orpington, Sevenoaks, Rainham, Horsham, Three Bridges, Brighton and East Grinstead. The network opened as a through service in 1988, with severe overcrowding by 1998, carrying more than 28,000 passengers in the morning peak. All the services are currently operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. Parts of the network, from Bedford to Three Bridges, run 24 hours a day, except on early Sunday mornings and during maintenance periods.
St Pancras International Thameslink platforms opened in 2007
Blackfriars new cross-river platforms
Class 700 trains replaced all of the existing fleet in 2018
Interior of the new Thameslink Class 700 trains