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Exhibition Station, Wembley
Exhibition Station, Wembley
	marked as Wembley Stadium station (centre-right), 1938
Local authority	London Borough of Brent
Railway companies
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
28 April 1923	Opened as Exhibition Station, Wembley
?	Renamed Wembley Exhibition
by February 1928	Renamed Wembley Stadium
18 May 1968	Last train
1 September 1969	Officially Closed
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Exhibition Station (Wembley) was a railway station in Wembley Park in what is now the London Borough of Brent. It was built on a spur to connect the 1924-5 British Empire Exhibition to London Marylebone.

Exhibition Station opened on 28 April 1923, the day of Wembley Stadium's first FA cup final. It was later renamed Wembley Exhibition, and then, in February 1928, Wembley Stadium (now the name of the former Wembley Hill station to the southwest) of Exhibition Station (Wembley).^[3]^[4]

It was only really used to transport spectators to Wembley events. It stopped carrying passengers in May 1968 and officially closed on 1 September 1969.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		London & North Eastern Railway Wembley Exhibition Loop		London Marylebone

References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 244. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Wembley Stadium Station. - UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)". 12 August 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ Wembley Stadium loop line^{[permanent dead link]}

51°33′29″N 0°16′25″W / 51.5581°N 0.2735°W / 51.5581; -0.2735

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[Butt93-1] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[Butt244-2] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 244. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[3] "Wembley Stadium Station. - UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)". 12 August 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[4] Wembley Stadium loop line^{[permanent dead link]}

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 '''Exhibition Station (Wembley)''' was a railway station in [[Wembley Park]] in what is now the [[London Borough of Brent]].  It was built on a spur to connect the 1924-5 [[British Empire Exhibition]] to [[Marylebone station|London Marylebone]].
-Exhibition Station opened on 28 April 1923, the day of [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]'s first [[1923 FA Cup Final|FA cup final]]. It was later renamed '''Wembley Exhibition''', and then, in February 1928, '''Wembley Stadium''' (now the name of the former [[Wembley Stadium railway station|Wembley Hill station]] to the southwest) of Exhibition Station (Wembley)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/60183-wembley-stadium-station/|title=Wembley Stadium Station. - UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)|date=12 August 2012 |access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref> <ref>[http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/c1475068.html Wembley Stadium loop line]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>.
+Exhibition Station opened on 28 April 1923, the day of [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]'s first [[1923 FA Cup Final|FA cup final]]. It was later renamed '''Wembley Exhibition''', and then, in February 1928, '''Wembley Stadium''' (now the name of the former [[Wembley Stadium railway station|Wembley Hill station]] to the southwest) of Exhibition Station (Wembley).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/60183-wembley-stadium-station/|title=Wembley Stadium Station. - UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)|date=12 August 2012 |access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref><ref>[http://disused-rlys.fotopic.net/c1475068.html Wembley Stadium loop line]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 It was only really used to transport spectators to Wembley events. It stopped carrying passengers in May 1968 and officially closed on 1 September 1969.