Burnt Oak tube station

Burnt Oak is a London Underground station in Burnt Oak, North 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 Travelcard Zone 4.

Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak station
Burnt Oak Location of Burnt Oak in Greater London
Location	Burnt Oak
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	4.19 million[1]
2020	2.93 million[2]
2021	1.91 million[3]
2022	3.11 million[4]
2023	3.06 million[5]
Railway companies
Original company	London Electric Railway
Key dates
27 October 1924	Opened as Burnt Oak
c. 1928	Renamed Burnt Oak (Watling)
c. 1950	Renamed Burnt Oak
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.60278°N 0.26389°W / 51.60278; -0.26389
London transport portal

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) ^{[citation needed]} 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 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

Connections

London Buses routes 32, 114, 142, 204, 251, 292, 302, 614 and 644, and night routes N5 and N16 serve the station.

Gallery

• 
  View SE, towards Golders Green and central London in 1961
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  Island platform looking north
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  Island platform looking south
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  Station roundel displaying the former suffix "for Watling"