Burnt Oak tube station

Burnt Oak London Underground
Burnt Oak station entrance
Interactive map of Burnt Oak
General information
LocationBurnt Oak
Local authorityLondon Borough of Barnet
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2021Decrease 1.91 million[1]
2022Increase 3.11 million[2]
2023Decrease 3.06 million[3]
2024Increase 4.49 million[4]
2025Decrease 3.07 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyLondon Electric Railway
Key dates
27 October 1924Opened as Burnt Oak
c. 1928Renamed Burnt Oak (Watling)
c. 1950Renamed Burnt Oak
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°36′10″N 0°15′50″W / 51.60278°N 0.26389°W / 51.60278; -0.26389

Burnt Oak is a London Underground station in Burnt Oak, a suburb of north-west London. It is located on Watling Avenue, off the A5 (the Edgware Road, originally a Roman road known as Watling Street). The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Edgware and Colindale stations. It is in London fare zone 4.

Location

Burnt Oak is on Watling Avenue, situated near the Burnt Oak Library, separated by the rail tracks. The station serves a moderate residential area. Rows of shops are along Watling Avenue. Barnfield Primary School, Burnt Oak Brook, Goldbeaters Primary School, Barnet Burnt Oak Leisure Center and Edgware Community Hospital are nearby.[6]

History

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps and opened as Burnt Oak (for Watling) on 27 October 1924, two months after the opening of the Hendon Central to Edgware extension of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway. For a while, the station was going to be named "Sheves Hill", and this name appears on a version of the Underground map from 1924. On a later version "Sheves Hill" is crossed out with "Burnt Oak" printed on the side. The station was originally provided with a temporary structure before the final ticket office building was constructed in 1925. The suffix was dropped from the name about 1950.

In 2018, it was announced that the station would gain step-free access by 2022, as part of a £200m investment to increase the number of accessible stations on the Tube.[7]

In March 2025, a plaque was unveiled at the station to mark its centenary.[8]

Services

Burnt Oak station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line in London fare zone 4. It is between Edgware to the north and Colindale to the south. The typical off-peak service, in trains per hour (tph) is:[9]

  • 20 tph northbound to Edgware
  • 10 tph southbound to Morden via Bank
  • 10 tph southbound to Battersea Power Station via Charing Cross
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Edgware
Terminus
 Northern line
Edgware branch
 Colindale
towards Battersea Power Station, Morden or Kennington

Connections

London Buses day and nighttime routes serve the station.

References

  1. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2024. Transport for London. 20 January 2026 [8 October 2025]. Archived from the original on 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2025. Transport for London. 13 May 2026. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Burnt Oak tube station (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Huge boost for accessibility as further 13 stations to go step-free". London City Hall. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Howard (16 April 2025). "Regional News". RAIL. No. 1033. Peterborough: Bauer Consumer Media. p. 25.
  9. ↑ Feather, Clive (18 September 2018). "Northern line". Clive's Underground Line Guides. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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