Kilburn serves the area of the name itself, which is a moderate commercial district and dense residential suburb.

Nearby landmarks include the Red Lion, Kiln Theatre, Kilburn Grange Park, ICMP London and Kingsgate Primary School.

Due to low passenger numbers, the MR was considering options to extend the M&SJWR further to provide new routes into Central London.

[15] The station opened as Kilburn and Brondesbury on 24 November 1879[9] which formed part of the extension to Willesden Green.

Construction began in 1936 and Kilburn became part of the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo line on 20 November 1939,[20] at which time the station was extensively rebuilt.

[28][29] The line had been officially opened by Prince Charles the previous day, starting with a train journey from Green Park to Charing Cross.

[8][21][30][note 4] One of the bridges just beyond the station which carries the four-track line over the A5 Kilburn High Road (then known as Watling Street) has the company name "METROPOLITAN RAILWAY" fixed on the sides of the viaduct.

The numbers on the viaduct read "1914", around the time when the Metropolitan Railway quadrupled its tracks from Finchley Road to Harrow-on-the-Hill.

[35][36] Kilburn station is on the Jubilee line between Willesden Green to the north and West Hampstead to the south.

[44] Kilburn is close to Brondesbury station on the London Overground Mildmay line, with a walking distance of 0.1 miles (0.16 km).