Finsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The complex is located in Travelcard Zone 2, although the bus station North of the Underground station is in Travelcard Zone 3. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... This article is about the British underground transport system. ... Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most inward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Travelcard Zone 3 is the third outward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

The station is close to Finsbury Park, one of the oldest of London's Victorian parks, and the Finsbury Park mosque. It is also used by many Arsenal supporters on matchdays, as the club's ground is just a short walk away, along Isledon or St Thomas' Roads. Finsbury Park is a place in London, at the junction of the London Boroughs of Islington, Haringey and Hackney. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian Era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Finsbury Park Mosque Finsbury Park mosque in Finsbury Park, London, England was built c. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in north London. ...

Finsbury Park station has a long and complex history involving the participation of many railway companies during its lifetime and has been subject to a number of operational changes and changes to the configuration of station infrastructure.

Current services

National Rail

Finsbury Park National Rail
Location
Place	Finsbury Park
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Operations
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms in use	5
National Rail
Station code	FPK
Annual entry/exit	5.021 million *
Transport for London
Zone	2
History
1850 1861 1867 1954 1970 1976	Tracks laid Opened (GNR) Opened (Edgware branch) Closed (Edgware branch, passengers) Closed (Edgware branch) Opened (Northern City Line)
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London Underground

The station is served by the Piccadilly and Victoria lines. Although thought of as a 'deep-level' tube station, Finsbury Park has neither lifts nor escalators as its lines are less than 20' (6.1 m) below street level, though there used to be lifts from the high-level platforms to the tube level. These were the last hydraulically operated lifts on LT. The access to the Piccadilly and Victoria line platforms is by staircase only, reached via two narrow passages that probably exclude the installation of automatic ticket barriers - remarkable, considering its Zone 2 location. Manual ticket inspections do, however, occasionally take place. The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ...

History

1861 - Great Northern Railway

Finsbury Park is on the route of the East Coast Mainline from King's Cross to the north of England and Scotland. The southern section of this was built in stages during the 1840s and early 1850s by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). Tracks were first laid through Finsbury Park in 1850 to the GNR's temporary terminus at Maiden Lane just north of the permanent terminus at King's Cross (which opened in 1852). The first station at Finsbury Park opened in 1861 and was originally named Seven Sisters Road (Holloway). GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a major railway line in the United Kingdom which links London to Aberdeen, via Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham, Doncaster, York, Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dunbar, Edinburgh, Leuchars, Dundee and Arbroath. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... There were two Maiden Lane railway stations in close proximity, in the borough of Islington in north London, England. ...

1867 - Edgware Branch

Soon after the first station opened, the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) began construction of a line from Finsbury Park to Edgware. The GNR took over the EH&LR shortly before its opening on 22 August 1867. The station was given its current name in 1869. The Edgware branch platforms were on each side of the main tracks. The southbound ("up") track of the branch crossed over the main line by a bridge on its way into the station. // Edgware, Highgate and London Railway This railway ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware, and remains in its original form only in the sections of the Northern Line between East Finchley station and Mill Hill East. ... Edgware railway station is a former London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) station in the Edgware area of north London. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

1904 - Great Northern & City Railway

The Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) was an underground railway planned to provide a tunnel link between Finsbury Park and Moorgate in the City of London as an alternative London terminus for GNR trains. The tunnels were constructed with a large diameter to accommodate this service but a dispute between the two companies prevented the GN&CR connecting its tunnels to the GNR platforms. The GN&CR tunnels, instead, terminated beneath the mainline station without a connection to the surface and the line operated as a shuttle between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. The line opened on 14 February 1904. The Northern City Line is a former name for the railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. ... Moorgate station is a London Underground and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, a street which shares the same name, north of London Wall. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater London. ... Diameter is an AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) protocol for applications such as network access or IP mobility. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1906 - Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway

The Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) (now London Underground's Piccadilly Line) opened on 15 December 1906 between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith in west London. Like the GN&CR, it was an underground railway but was constructed with the smaller diameter tube tunnels common to other underground railways being constructed in London at that time. Its platforms were constructed parallel with the GN&CR's platforms beneath the mainline station. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Hammersmith tube station is a London Underground station in Hammersmith. ...

1932-1933 - Piccadilly Line extension

The transport interchange at Finsbury Park had long been recognised as a severe bottle-neck for passengers heading north from central London and calls had been regularly made to improve the situation by extending northwards one of the two underground lines serving the station. Until the mid 1920s this had been resisted by the GNR and its sucessor the LNER as a threat to its suburban passenger traffic, but mounting pressure finally forced the LNER to relinquish its veto and lift its objections to the Underground making an extension. The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...

With financial support from the government, the Underground began construction of an extension of the Piccadilly Line northwards to Cockfosters and the first section, to Arnos Grove, opened on 19 September 1932. The route was opened fully on 31 July 1933. When the Great Northern and Piccadilly & Brompton Railway was opened in December 1906, its northern Terminus was Finsbury Park. ... Cockfosters tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 5 and is the northern terminus of the Piccadilly line. ... Arnos Grove tube station is a tube station on the Piccadilly line, in Travelcard Zone 4. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

1935-1954 "Northern Heights" plans and cancellation

How Finsbury Park might have appeared on the London Underground Map today if the Northern Heights branch to Alexandra Palace had been transferred to the Northern Line and connected to the Northern City Line.

By 1935 the GNR had become part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the GN&CR had become the Northern City branch of London Underground's Northern Line (having previously, in 1913, been bought by the Metropolitan Railway, the forerunner to London Underground's Metropolitan Line). Image File history File links Northern_Heights_Map_Mockup. ... Image File history File links Northern_Heights_Map_Mockup. ... Original Tube Map by Beck The Tube map is the commonly-used name for the schematic diagram used to represent the lines and stations of the London Underground. ... Alexandra Palace from the east Alexandra Palace was built in Muswell Hill, North London, England in 1873 as a public entertainment centre and North London counterpart of The Crystal Palace. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... The Northern City Line is a former name for the railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway are inextricably linked. ... The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground, coloured magenta on the Tube map. ...

In 1935, London Underground announced its New Works Programme. This included plans to take over the steam-operated LNER branch lines from Finsbury Park to Edgware, High Barnet and Alexandra Palace - collectively known as the "Northern Heights" lines. These routes were to be joined to the Northern City Line by the construction of new tracks from Drayton Park to the surface at Finsbury Park as had originally been intended by the GN&CR. Trains would then have been able to run from any of the three LNER termini to Moorgate. The Northern City Line tunnels from Drayton Park to Finsbury Park would have been taken out of use. A separate connection between Archway Underground station (then named Highgate) and East Finchley station was also planned, including a new Underground station below the then-existing surface station at Highgate. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station in High Barnet in north London. ... Alexandra Palace railway station (Muswell Hill branch) is a former station in the grounds of Alexandra Palace in the Muswell Hill area of north London. ... Archway tube station is a London Underground station in north London, near Archway Tower at the intersection of Holloway Road and Junction Road. ... East Finchley is a London Underground station in East Finchley. ...

In early 1939 London Underground announced that the Drayton Park to Alexandra Palace route would begin operation in autumn 1940) The start of the Second World War caused the postponement and eventuall cancellation of this and much of the other plans, leaving operations at Finsbury Park unchanged. The surface connection between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park was abandoned and the Northern City Line continued to run between Moorgate and Finsbury Park in tunnel. Traffic on the Edgware branch diminshed and it was closed to passengers in 1954. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

1964-1968 - Victoria line

London Underground had for many years been planning a new route across central London to relieve pressure on the central sections of the Piccadilly and Northern Lines. in the early 1960s the plans were consolidated into a single plan for the Victoria Line. The route of the new line was designed to provide the maximum number of interchanges with other Underground and British Rail lines as possible and Finsbury Park was an ideal candidate for this. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

Arrangement of Piccadilly & Victoria Line platforms at Finsbury Park station after the reconfiguration

The plan for Finsbury Park called for the reconfiguration of the four underground platforms used by the Northern City Line and the Piccadilly line. To allow the construction works necessary for the provision of cross-platform interchanges between the Piccadilly and the Victoria Lines the Northern City service to Finsbury Park was ended on 3 October 1964. After this date trains from Moorgate ran only as far as Drayton Park. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x635, 43 KB) Summary Diagram of the changes to the underground platforms at Finsbury Park station for the introduction of the Victoria Line in 1968. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1488x635, 43 KB) Summary Diagram of the changes to the underground platforms at Finsbury Park station for the introduction of the Victoria Line in 1968. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

The Northern City platforms became the southbound platforms for both the Piccadilly and Victoria Lines which were connected to the previously dead-end tunnels to the north of the platforms. The old southbound Piccadilly Line platform then became the Victoria Line northbound platform, with the northbound Piccadilly Line platform unchanged. New connecting tunnels were constructed as shown in the diagram above.

The first section of the Victoria line, including Finsbury Park, opened between Walthamstow Central and Highbury & Islington on 1 September 1968. Walthamstow Central is a station on the Victoria Line and the WAGN service from Chingford Station and London Liverpool Street. ... The original Northern City Line station entrance, opposite the current entrance Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

1970s - New connections

London Underground continued to use the Edgware branch occasionally for stock movements between its depot at Highgate and Finsbury Park until September 1970. The tracks were removed in 1971 and the platforms at Finsbury Park which served this line were demolished and their location is now the pedestrian access to the eastern station entrance. The bridge over Stroud Green Road which carried the tracks was removed. The abutment walls remain. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

In 1976 part of the abandoned Northern Heights plan was completed in reverse. The Northern City Line, which had originally run to the underground part of the station was transferred from London Underground to British Rail. An unfinished surface connection between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park begun as part of the "Northern Heights" project was completed to make it possible to bring trains to the surface at Finsbury Park and run through trains from Moorgate on to the north. The service opened on 8 November 1976. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Northern City Line is a former name for the railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. ... Drayton Park station is on Network Rails Northern City Line which carries WAGN services between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City or Hertford via Finsbury Park. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Bus connections

London Buses routes which serve the bus stations include 4, 19, 29, 106, 153, 210, 236, 253, 254, 259, 279, W3 and W7 and night bus routes N19, N29, N106, N236, N253 and N279 serve the station. London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ...

The station in fiction

In JoWooD's transport game Traffic Giant, the opening video shows a station platform (similar to a typical London Underground station) bearing the station name Finsbury Park. JoWooD is an Austrian computer game publisher. ... History Traffic Giant was a video game created in 2000 by Austrian software company JoWooD. It allowed you to create a working public transporation system in a city using Buses, Streetcars, Commuter Rail, Suspended Monorail (Much like the Wuppertal monorail), and Maglev Trains. ... This article is about the British underground transport system. ...

External links

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Seven Sisters Road entrance to underground station in 1909
  • Wells Terrace entrance in 1925
  • Ticket office in 1934, when the Northern City Line was still operated by the Metropolitan Line
  • LNER Station in 1935

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 51.564653° -0.106366°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

• Train times and station information for Finsbury Park station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Finsbury Park station from Multimap.com

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