Hatch End railway station is in the London Borough of Harrow, in north London, and in Travelcard Zone 6, and is located at grid reference TQ130913.
The station was built in 1911 to a design by architect Gerald Horsley, son of the painter John Calcott Horsley.
It has two platforms. The northbound (down) platform is on the side of the ticket office and cafe. The southbound (up) platform is reached via a footbridge. This platform was originally an island platform with the other face on the adjacent down fast mainline. There was another island platform serving the up fast and down semi-fast lines and a further platform for the up semi-fasts. These other platforms fell out of use before the end of steam services on the mainline. A general rebuilding of the access to the two remaining platforms in use was built in the 1980s and a fence built along to shield waiting passengers from the fast trains. Ticket barriers were installed in early 2010.
Read more about Hatch End Railway Station: Services, Gallery
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