Pinner tube station
Metropolitan line · Zone 5 · Harrow
About Pinner station
Pinner opened on 25 May 1885 and was the end of the Metropolitan Railway for just over two years, until the line was extended to Rickmansworth on 1 September 1887. The long, single-storey building on the up (southbound) platform is the original and resembles the stations at Rickmansworth, Chorleywood and Chalfont & Latimer; the down platform buildings came with the four-tracking project of the 1950s and 1960s, in matching yellow brick. The building on Station Approach is locally listed by Harrow Council.
Pinner was one of the stations in the Metro-land project, conceived in 1915 to move people out of central London into rural Middlesex. Houses built in Pinner during that expansion had to be worth at least £1,000, compared with a £750 minimum at Harrow-on-the-Hill. Crossing between platforms has its own history: a subway was closed for safety reasons and a footbridge built in 2002, and accessibility lifts opened on 18 July 2008, after delays caused by a lack of funding and the collapse of contractor Metronet, making the station fully step-free.
First and last trains from Pinner
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan towards Watford, Amersham or Chesham | 05:48 – 00:48 to Chesham | 05:48 – 00:48 to Chesham | 05:48 – 00:48 to Chesham | 07:14 to Chesham – 00:35 to Rickmansworth |
| Metropolitan towards Aldgate, Baker Street or Harrow-on-the-Hill | 05:44 – 00:54 to Wembley Park | 05:44 – 00:54 to Wembley Park | 05:44 to Aldgate – 00:54 to Wembley Park | 06:59 to Aldgate – 00:39 to Wembley Park |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 14 Metropolitan trains an hour per direction from Pinner, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Pinner
Running times between Pinner and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan | North Harrow | 2 min |
| Metropolitan | Northwood Hills | 2.5 min |
Connections
Pinner is served by the Metropolitan line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Pinner station
Pinner Library is about 180 m from the station, and in the evening peak an extra exit gate at the south end of the northbound platform leads out to a small car park and to Pinner Library and the synagogue. Pinner Memorial Park lies about 260 m away, an aviary is recorded at about 370 m, and the Heath Robinson Museum is roughly 380 m off. Buses 183, H11, H12 and H13 serve the station, and the H12 links it with Hatch End railway station.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Heath Robinson Museum | 380 m |
| Pinner Library | 180 m |
| Pinner Memorial Park | 260 m |
| Aviary | 370 m |
Frequently asked questions
Yes. When it opened on 25 May 1885, Pinner was the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway, following an earlier extension to Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1880. It remained the end of the line until 1 September 1887, when trains were extended to Rickmansworth.
Bus route H12 links Pinner tube station with Hatch End railway station. Hatch End was called Pinner & Hatch End between 1911 and 1920, then Hatch End (for Pinner), before becoming simply Hatch End in 1956.