Brent Cross West Station is Now Open 

The station code for Brent Cross West by the way is ‘BCZ’ and not the more obvious ‘BCW’ which is not in use elsewhere! Does anyone know why?

Big thanks for capturing our performance at Brent Cross West Station! Your video beautifully showcases this historic moment and the energy of our steel pan music. We're really glad to have this memory preserved and shared with everyone. 💚💚💚

Thank god they've built toilets! Really important moving forward in public infrastructure (and its *insane* we have to spell this out)

Geoff! I was the mechanic you met outside Edgware Station last night, shame I couldn't come along, Station looks fantastic. Been watching your content for years, hope you have a happy Christmas you legend!

As it happens, Brent Cross West is now the southernmost MML station where you can see trains exceed 100mph; fast lines are 110mph. At present anything electric can only do 100mph (222s are diesel) because of the 1980s OLE spec, but some of today's engineering works will eventually enable the EMR trains - both 360s and upcoming 810s - to reach full linespeed on the juice.

I kept expecting you to trot out your favorite word - "capacious!" I'm surprised (and impressed) that they went ahead and built the express platforms right away, instead of just leaving space for them. That seems like a vote of confidence in the area's development and in Thameslink's service levels.

Was lovely meeting you here today Geoff! I was very impressed with how (possibly needlessly) capacious it was.

That is a pretty wild development, rail station, Geoff. I lived near Hendon/Brent Cross and it was a wasteland. Now it's a lifeland.

As someone who often uses the 326 bus (I live in Totteridge) I’m so happy it’s being rerouted as now I have the 251 to connect to Totteridge and whetstone, Arnos Grove, MH Broadway, burnt oak and Edgware and now the 326 to Brent Cross west, Hendon central, West Finchley and Finchley central I now bc have another connection though I promised myself to come here today but I forgot…

Excellent and only 47yrs late The Brent Cross Shopping Centre was opened in 1976, used to go there in the summer of 76 to cool off, the only place with air conditioning

Its a shame that new stations not funded and tied to private developments will never be this nice but its good that we're capitalizing on the opportunity to get a nice station when development is happening

I've heard the phrase "First new mainline station in London for a decade" passed around quite a bit, But everyone seems to be overlooking Meridian Water. As much as it technically "Replaced" Angel Road which was an existing station, It's an entirely new building on an entirely new site with a new name. I'd count it.

Good to see it finished, I visited some time ago while it was being built. Well done to the VolkerFitzpatrick team.

Who doesn't love a brand new capacious station? What you didn't mention (which I don't blame you for, it's not confirmed) is the provision for a future platform on the west side for the proposed West London Orbital overground service.

I'm so glad to see that there's an eastern entrance too. That'll be hand for me to go to the Tesco Superstore nearby and the Wing Yip Supermarket on Edgeware Road via the other entrance (I live in Kings Cross and a lot of the supermarkets are dinky metro ones). The last shot confirms the need for boarding ramps for us wheel chair users ;)

I’m glad I was able to attend the very beginning of a station opening for the first time and it was finally nice getting to see you today! 😀

I have been waiting for this station to be built for YEARS. Trundling through it on morning thameslink services as the months it was supposed to be ready by passed. So great to see it finally completed.

The station is also already live on Google maps and live departure times are available.

Nice to see what a brand new station could look like. Here in Haringey we look forward to the incoming refurbishment of Alexandra Palace Station, with lift access to the platforms. Sadly no plans for a concourse like Brent Cross or a canopy to shelter the footbridge from rain and flooding . But who knows, it may happen.... look forward to that video...

I really like the looks of this station. With all the features from the modern infrastructure and the dual platforms. Hope the 2024 stations look just as good as Brent Cross West. Also we should be hitting station number 2600 in 2025-26

Thank you Mr Marshal. I love seeing new railway stations and upgraded stations. 😃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Geoff, your reports are the highlight of RU-vid and always cheer me up. Keep up the good work.

Fantastic video as always Geoff, great seeing you around, amazing videos throughout the whole of this year, can't wait to see more from you in 2024! Have a great Christmas & a great New Year too 😊

The late Phil Sayer lives on in the Brent Cross West lifts. Great video and lovely looking new station.

Was great seeing you today and getting my book signed!!

Nice station, and another great video Geoff.

We all appreciate your efforts geoff 👏

I actually counted 2,577 stations. But I don’t currently count Stanlow and Teeside since they’re suspended.

Great video. I almost came out for the opening this morning (looks like a great time!), but was headed to Canterbury already instead.

Yes I was mighty impressed with the station . And I love what they are doing on the Barnet side , Brent Cross Town.and great to meet you too.

The station is the best looking one yet in my opinion and it was worth coming to see it in all its glory and was great to see you today is well Geoff

Great video Geoff! At 0:43 you can see Gladstone Park on the map, which I would visit regularly when I was a kid, and still do to this day! It's great that they've decided to transform the area with a new station. I used to live nearby, and it never has been the nicest area in London, so nice to see that they're trying to upgrade it!

Amazing station, I visited it last week. Loved all the music and steel pans in this opening video. Proud of my borough is an understatement!! Barnet Forever! 🧡

Been waiting for this for decades! Nice to meet you in Costa’s. Thanks for the film!

Thank you for the video Geoff that was really great information.

Nice project by the looks of it. Hope it stays looking this nice for a long time.

Great video, Geoff. Easily the best ive seen today, well worth the wait.

I love Thameslink trains, they are just beautiful, another great video Geoff 👍

Fantastic video Geoff! Can’t wait to visit Brent Cross West for myself sometime. 😀

Nice meeting you!!!

Looks great

It was great meeting you today :) You really made our day!

Excellent video Geoff so exciting to watch. We play the Wham! game every year.

Waistcoat guy is brilliant!

Wonderful to see Giles Round's vitreous enamel artwork - 7 minutes in. Beautiful project to work on!

Its quite unexplainable why I like this channel so much.

🎄☃️🧸I can imagine Geoff doing a series about a Unique Feature of each Tube Station in London🚂Happy Christmas to everyone!

Good to see Brent Cross West open. I visited today, walking to Brent Cross Shopping Centre is a bit of a challenge but I suppose the clue is in the name, its somewhat west of Brent Cross. Looking forward to seeing Brent Cross Town develop.

Looks great. Loving the wide footbridge. Hopefully, someday they will be avkw to add another footbridge at Wimbledon Station. The existing one and stairs are everything up wide for the nunbers using it.

It looks pretty impressive! London is an amazing city!

Looks impressive.

Nice Video Geoff, the station looks lovely

Really well done in getting the film out so quickly ... but ... no shot lying on the floor!

Nice to see a new station not done on the cheap which is key to actually attracting passengers. Wide platforms, proper canopy coverage, covered footbridge, toilets, waiting rooms and decent accessibility.

Just my luck opening when the Sutton loop where I live is ouot of action for the weekend! Therefore even more thanks for this video.

This morning I see the news, then I checked that you haven't had any video uploaded. So I expect in the next few weeks. Wow it's here!

God im so envious of the rest of London with all these new train lines and stations, spare a thought for us mugs in South West London where we're just lucky to have a bus

That’s a really nicely presented station. I hope it doesn’t get trashed.

Another quality video Geoff, and it is a lovely station in my opinion.

Those overhead heaters are very familiar to me as a Chicagoan, we huddle under those standing on windy platforms all winter!

Great video, Geoff! I’ll check it out at some point.

I've seen this on some other enthusiast's channels, looks like a really nice and modern station inside!

Great video as always; I understand they have left room for platforms 5 & 6 should the West London Orbital line ever get sorted.

The rules state that only the original version of Last Christmas counts, so nobody was taken out there. Great vid Geoff!

thank you, Geoff

Great video Geoff

Thanks again Geoff and Happy Xmas and looking fwd to your next video in 2024

Great video. Good to see investment in new infrastructure. Something we need here in Germany on the railways. DB spend a fortune on compensation for late trains. Just been to Prague for the weekend on a wonderful Czech Railways express from just across the border in Cheb. Our connecting train (DB) back home worked but it was scheduled to return to Cheb but was just canceled without apology or explanation!

where i live in warsaw they also opened a station today, the first train was at 4:23 am and of course i was waiting for it there. the station is very much unfinished but they already opened it so it could serve people and they're gonna finish it "later" as they always say

Epic video Geoff. At least Brent Cross West isn't a cookie cutter station! But impressive!

Geoff, thanks for another informative vid. Having visited on 13th December 2023 I would concur with the positive first impression you gained. It is encouraging that, as part of the wider and ambitious development plans by the local council, a bespoke station design was created incorporating essential functional elements such as the very wide bridge, four platforms etc. I noted too that designs now include emergency facilities such as emergency egress signage; Reading Green Park is another example with an emergency exit route from the northbound platform. Furthermore, incorporating timber sections by the stairs made that area more attractive than plain panels or concrete sections though that can work well e.g. Crossrail; the use of planting also softened the steel and concrete. I also liked the artwork which added a splash of colour and used a work with a connection to a local person. Clearly, there was the ability and rationale here to construct a station that was not an Airfix kit style such as Inverness Airport or East Linton and it appears to be a great success in terms of accessibility and passenger environment - and, I’d hope, suitability for station operators and those who maintain it.

Great station. I'm sure it will get so much use once the new homes are built and businesses set up around Brent Cross with a good link in to London.

Hiya Geoff, it was a pleasure to meet you today, hope you had a great time :)

Another great video from Geoff. No need to permanently close the ticket office here, when one wasn't opened in the first place! Finally, I thought there was some provision was going to be made for the proposed West London Orbital line, although I could be wrong?

Great video, saw you there today but didnt have time to see you and also it was very chaotic

Thanks for another great video, Geoff. I wonder if the "exciting retail outlets" will really excite, or just be the identikit chain outlets, because they aren't exciting.

Lucky you, and everyone else, managed to get there, as no trains running early morning due to overhead line damage repair taking place further along line...

Love the waistcoat, thanks Geoff.

Might visit it tomorrow!

This was exciting to me as it's in my general local area, it's not everyday a new London station opens, especially within walking distance! Had a look round this morning. It does feel very large and modern, although slightly barren for the time being among all of the worksites and empty lots that surround it. I can't help but look forward to what the area will feel like once Brent Cross Town has been fully developed! Also, I'd imagine the additional platforms might be in preparation for the proposed West London Orbital Overground line. We may one day see Overground trains passing through Brent Cross West.

Any idea WHY the platforms aren't level boarding? Also I'd like to see them re-vamp Hendon next to bring it in line with nearby stations. Side note: does it count as getting whamaggedoned if you sing it in your own head?

Wonderful! It'll be nice to visit both the Brent Cross shopping centre and the Wing Yip Chinese supermarket from out of London without either having to drive in + fight for a parking space, or contend with a really long walk from either Hendon or Cricklewood.

Great looking station, with more space than Watford Junction. Which pre covid was an 8.5 million passengers a year station. This station shows how to use above track space to create great access and circulation space. Dingy subways should be a thing of the past. Platforms with decent length canopies too!

Was lovely to see you in person today but was too shy to say hello

I was there today morning, there could be a good reason to use this as the start of the West London Orbital for the Overground to Hounslow, better than Hendon

Hi keep it up you 😮are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant 😮

Nice Geoff. Upto youer usual high production standard.

lnot often a fan of new stations as i prefer the character of older ones however for a modern one this looks a seriously good station..cant wait to tick this one off

I'm so glad other parts of London are getting some money rather than just the "money" areas.

Hey Geoff you probably won’t see this but it’s William and i want to say thank you to you for the selfie

Very impressive 😁👍

@11:18 i spot Decathlon! very handy station to access that big shop.

the new tube map was in kenton this morning!

It would be great to do a video about how it connects to local infrastructure, amenities and where it is in relation to things like the shopping centre 😊

It seems like the future-proofing for Brent Cross West includes accommodation for the Dudding Hill line. The West London orbital plan seems to be moving along nicely.

So a new Tube map came out recently? I spent Friday to Saturday night in one of the hotels north of Heathrow. When I walked back to the terminal from the Central Bus Station and I passed the Terminal 2&3 Tube station, I wondered if I should stop and check if there's a new map. I walked on, anyway. My loss!

This could possibly be nearer to my house than Brent Cross tube which is probably Brent Cross East . my nearest station . I don't travel so much now as not working but this could be quicker to Kings Cross assuming you don't miss a train just after it leaves . More pleasant than riding on the tube too .

OK so to the west side of the station is the 316 bus on the A5 Edgware Rd.. that's only two stops off Cricklewood Garage. The east side is more challenging, will be interesting to see how the walkway gets from the station to Claremont/Clitterhouse Road.

Imagine bing a student at Hallam based around Ecclesall Road & being told you have an exam on the London campus. A Why is SHU putting a campus in London?

❤beautiful station