Finsbury Park station
Finsbury Park 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 main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place. The National Rail ticket office here lies in between one entrance marked by the Underground roundel symbol, while the other is marked by the National Rail symbol, and provides direct access to the main line platforms. There is another exit by the western bus station along Wells Terrace, incorporating the Underground ticket office, plus a narrow side entrance to the south on the A503 Seven Sisters Road. The complex is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Finsbury Park   | |
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 Eastern entrance on Station Place | |
  Finsbury Park Location of Finsbury Park in Greater London | |
| Location | Finsbury Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | Great Northern London Underground |
| Station code | FPK |
| Number of platforms | 10 (6 National Rail,[1] 4 Underground) |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2008 |  26.300 million[2] |
| 2009 | 23.214 million[2] |
| 2017 | 31.22 million[2] |
| 2018 | 23.39 million[3] |
| 2019 |  33.40 million[4] |
| 2020 | 15.82 million[5] |
| 2021 | 14.05 million[6] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2007–08 | 5.546 million[7] |
| – interchange | 2.422 million[7] |
| 2008–09 | 5.494 million[7] |
| – interchange | 2.629 million[7] |
| 2009–10 | 6.566 million[7] |
| – interchange | 2.529 million[7] |
| 2010–11 | 7.337 million[7] |
| – interchange | 1.411 million[7] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1850 | Tracks laid |
| 1861 | Opened (GNR) |
| 1867 | Opened (Edgware branch) |
| 1904 | Opened (GN&CR) |
| 1906 | Opened as terminus (GNP&BR) |
| 1932 | Became through station (Piccadilly) |
| 1954 | Closed (Edgware branch, passengers) |
| 1964 | Closed (Northern City Line) |
| 1968 | Opened (Victoria) |
| 1970 | Closed (Edgware branch) |
| 1976 | Opened (Northern City Line) |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51°33′53″N 0°06′23″W / 51.564653°N 0.106366°W |
Current services change
National Rail change
The above-ground National Rail station, which has a separate ticket office to the Underground station, is managed and served by First Capital Connect. Trains from Moorgate and King's Cross form inner suburban services to Welwyn Garden City and Hertford North and outer suburban services start from Kings Cross towards Peterborough and Cambridge. Inner suburban service do not serve the Moorgate branch during late evenings and at weekends, being diverted to King's Cross station instead. There are six platforms, but only five tracks, given that platforms 4 and 5 share a track. Platform 1 is used by London Moorgate services heading into London, platform 6 by Moorgate services heading northbound. Platforms 2 (southbound) and 3 (northbound) by Kings Cross services, usually fast but sometimes stopping. Platforms 4/5 by stopping northbound trains from Kings Cross.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Cross station | First Capital Connect Great Northern stopping (late evenings and weekends only) |
Harringay | ||
| Drayton Park | First Capital Connect Northern City Line (Weekdays only) | |||
| Kings Cross | First Capital Connect Great Northern semi-fast |
Potters Bar or Stevenage | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| King's Cross York Road |
British Rail Eastern Region City Widened Lines |
Harringay | ||
| Kings Cross Terminus |
Edgware, Highgate & London | Stroud Green | ||
London Underground change
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 physically prevent the installation of automatic ticket barriers - remarkable, considering its Zone 2 location. Manual ticket inspections do, however, regularly take place. Oystercard readers are available for "pay as you go" customers.
| Preceding station |  London Underground
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly line | towards Cockfosters |
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towards Brixton | Victoria line | towards Walthamstow Central |
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| Abandoned Northern Heights Extension | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground
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Following station | ||
towards Bushey Heath | Northern line | towards Moorgate |
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towards Alexandra Palace | Northern line | |||
Related pages change
- Graham Bond musician (died at the station).
References change
- ↑ Finsbury Park station has six National Rail platforms, numbered 1 through 6, but only five tracks given that platforms 4 and 5 cover the same track.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 {"Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Other websites change
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Seven Sisters Road entrance to underground station, 1909
- Wells Terrace entrance, 1925
- Ticket office, 1934, when the Northern City Line was still operated by the Metropolitan Line
- LNER Station, 1935
