Location Kensington High Street Fare zone 1 2013 13.46 million Opened 1868 Number of platforms 4 | Managed by London Underground 2012 12.90 million 2014 13.78 million Phone +44 343 222 1234 | |
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Address Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8 5SA, UK Similar London Underground, Gloucester Road tube station, Notting Hill Gate tube station, Kensington (Olympia) station, Earl's Court tube station | ||
High street kensington tube station
High Street Kensington is a London Underground station at Kensington High Street. The station is on the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Notting Hill Gate, and the District line between Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gate. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. Kensington Arcade is the entrance to the station.
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Services
The station itself has four platforms - two through platforms and two bay platforms. Platform 1 is used for anticlockwise Circle line and westbound District line trains towards Gloucester Road and Earl's Court respectively. Platform 2 is for clockwise Circle line and eastbound District line trains towards Edgware Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are used for terminating District line trains from Earl's Court. Platform 3 is usually used for the Olympia service and platform 4 is usually only used at the start and end of the day. There used to be a waiting room between Platform 2 and 3 for customer use, but this was turned into a staff room for drivers shortly before the Circle line extension to Hammersmith was implemented in December 2009.
Just south of the station is the junction where the Circle and District lines diverge.
The typical off-peak service from this station is:
Connections
London Buses routes 9, 10, 27, 28, 49, 52, 70, 328, 452 and C1 and night bus routes N9, N28 and N31 serve the station. National Express Coaches 701/702 serve the station.