Events
- 2 August 1880: Metropolitan Railway passes through here en route to Harrow
- 21 May 1908: Preston Road halt opened, to serve the local clay pigeon shooting site for that year's Olympic Games
- 19 July 1908: line electrified
- 22 November 1931: station re-sited
The Metropolitan Railway was extended from Willesden Green to Harrow on 2 August 1880, but originally there were no stations between Neasden and Harrow. A station on the eastern side of the Preston Road bridge was opened on 21 May 1908, and was originally named Preston Road Halt for Uxendon and Kenton; it was later renamed Preston Road. During 1931–32, it was re-sited on the opposite side of the road bridge, and the work was carried out in two stages: the southbound platform was re-sited on 22 November 1931, and the northbound on 3 January 1932.
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