Cricklewood Station was opened on 2 May 1870 as Childs Hill and Cricklewood nearly 2 years after the Midland Railway had built its extension (now called the Midland Main Line) to St. Pancras. The station acquired its present name in 1903.
To the north of the station, a motive power depot was built with a large roundhouse in 1882, with a second in 1893. With this was built a large marshalling yard and, in later years, LMS Garratts would be seen with their massive trains of coal from Toton in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire coalfields.
All services at Cricklewood are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
4 tph to St Albans City
4 tph to Sutton (2 of these run via Mitcham Junction and 2 run via Wimbledon)
During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from Luton, Orpington and Rainham, as well as some late evening services to and from Bedford. (Source Wikipedia)
The link below will take you to a webpage detailing more history of Cricklewood Station and the area which is shown on the various artwork panels displayed at the Station:
https://cricklewood.net/cricklewood-station-history-project/
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