Trains to Kensington Olympia - Station Details and further Information on Kensington Olympia Train Services
Kensington Olympia station is a station in West London managed and served by London Overground and also served by National Rail and London Underground. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. On the Underground it is the terminus of a short District line branch, built as part of the Middle Circle, from Earl's Court; on the main-line railway it is on the West London Line from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction by which many trains bypass Central London.
The station was opened by the West London Railway as its southern terminus on 27 May 1844 as "Kensington"; it closed at the end of November 1844 due to the losses made. Although a scant and erratic goods service ran, the line re-opened to passengers with a rebuilt station on 2 June 1862. In 1868 it was renamed "Kensington Addison Road" when High Street Kensington was opened by the Metropolitan District Railway; in 1947 it was renamed "Kensington (Olympia)".
The railway here forms the boundary between two London Boroughs and the southbound platform lies in Kensington and Chelsea while the northbound and London Underground platforms are in Hammersmith and Fulham. The station appears on London Underground maps and the London Overground-maintained station signage as "Kensington (Olympia)" although National Rail maps and timetables refer to it as "Kensington Olympia".
There are plans for London Overground to connect Kensington Olympia to an orbital rail line to improve access between East and West London during the 2012 Olympics.
Mainline services are provided by London Overground and Southern. The London Overground service operates between Willesden Junction to the north and Clapham Junction to the south, typically every 30 minutes every day of the week. Additional peak-period services continue on the North London Line beyond Willesden Junction to Stratford. Southern operate between Milton Keynes and East Croydon typically once an hour.
Kensington Olympia Station is used for rail connection to Gatwick Airport, passengers need to change trains at Clapham Junction, and the journey takes approximately 50 minutes. |