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Burnt Oak tube station is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station in north London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, on Watling Avenue, off the A5 (the Edgware Road, originally a Roman Road
Roman road

The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move Military history of ancient Rome and Roman commerce goods and to communicate news....
 known as Watling Street
Watling Street

Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans....
). The station is on the Edgware branch
Edgware tube station

Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the terminus of the Edgware branch of the Northern Line and the next station towards central London is Burnt Oak tube station....
 of the Northern Line
Northern Line

The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....
, between Edgware
Edgware tube station

Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the terminus of the Edgware branch of the Northern Line and the next station towards central London is Burnt Oak tube station....
 and Colindale
Colindale tube station

Colindale tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Burnt Oak tube station and Hendon Central tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
 stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4
Travelcard Zone 4

Travelcard Zone 4 is the fourth outward zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
.

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps
Stanley Heaps

Stanley A Heaps was an England architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system as well as the design of train depots and bus and trolleybus garages for London Passenger Transport Board....
 and opened as Burnt Oak (Watling) on the 27 October 1924, two months after the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate Line from Hendon Central
Hendon Central tube station

Hendon Central tube station is a London Underground station in north London on the A41 road.The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Colindale tube station and Brent Cross tube station stations, and is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4....
 to Edgware had opened.






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Burnt Oak tube station is a London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
 station in north London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, on Watling Avenue, off the A5 (the Edgware Road, originally a Roman Road
Roman road

The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move Military history of ancient Rome and Roman commerce goods and to communicate news....
 known as Watling Street
Watling Street

Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans....
). The station is on the Edgware branch
Edgware tube station

Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the terminus of the Edgware branch of the Northern Line and the next station towards central London is Burnt Oak tube station....
 of the Northern Line
Northern Line

The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....
, between Edgware
Edgware tube station

Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the terminus of the Edgware branch of the Northern Line and the next station towards central London is Burnt Oak tube station....
 and Colindale
Colindale tube station

Colindale tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Burnt Oak tube station and Hendon Central tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
 stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4
Travelcard Zone 4

Travelcard Zone 4 is the fourth outward zone of Transport for London's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London....
.

The station was designed by architect Stanley Heaps
Stanley Heaps

Stanley A Heaps was an England architect responsible for the design of a number of stations on the London Underground system as well as the design of train depots and bus and trolleybus garages for London Passenger Transport Board....
 and opened as Burnt Oak (Watling) on the 27 October 1924, two months after the extension of the Hampstead & Highgate Line from Hendon Central
Hendon Central tube station

Hendon Central tube station is a London Underground station in north London on the A41 road.The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Colindale tube station and Brent Cross tube station stations, and is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4....
 to Edgware had opened. 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.

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