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		<title>Battersea Power Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Details of London Underground Battersea Power Station, including Address, Lines Served, Service Pattern and History.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Kirtling St, Nine Elms, London SW11 8AL<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 20th September 2021<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAT<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 1</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong> <br><br>Northern Line (Charing Cross Branch)<br><br><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">8 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet<br>2 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>OSI:</em> National Rail <br><br>Battersea Park &#8211; 450 metres<br>Queenstown Road &#8211; 700 metres</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Station History</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Approval for an Underground station as part of the <a href="https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/about/building-battersea-the-masterplan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Battersea Park redevelopment</a> was granted by the Secretary of State for Transport in November 2014.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Construction of Battersea Power Station and its connection to the network, partly funded by the developers of the surrounding area began in 2015.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The station itself is a joint design and construction venture between Laing O&#8217;Rourke, Ferrovial Agroman and Grimshaw, with the latter responsible for the station entrance.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Tunnelling work to connect the station to the Northern Line at Kennington saw two tunnel-boring machines depart from the Battersea site in March 2017.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Due to the desire of the Mayor of London to &#8216;increase the station&#8217;s capacity to cope with a higher number of passengers than originally forecast&#8217;, the project completion was delayed until September 2021 &#8216;at the earliest&#8217;.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Completion of tunnelling and associated trackwork was completed in June 2019, with the station, its platforms and escalators nearing completion in February 2020. The first train ran over the new extension during the 2020 Christmas engineering period, which marked the start of signal and infrastructure testing.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Following the completion of testing, the station was opened for traffic on 20th September 2021.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Wandsworth Council have repeatedly expressed their desire for London Underground to extend the <a href="https://londonist.com/london/transport/could-the-northern-line-ever-be-extended-to-clapham-junction">Northern Line to Clapham Junction</a> and, although no funding or plas have yet been released, active provision for the extension was included in Battersea Power Station&#8217;s construction.</p>



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		<title>Barons Court Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Details of London Underground Barons Court Station, including Address, Lines Served, Service Pattern and History.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Pallister Rd, London W14 9EA<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 9th October 1905<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAC<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 2</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong> <br><br>District Line<br>Piccadilly Line<br><br><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><br><em>District Line</em><br>12 trains per hour to Upminster<br>6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway<br>6 trains per hour to Richmond<br><br><em>Piccadilly Line</em><br>18 trains per hour to Cockfosters<br>3 trains per hour to <a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/arnos-grove-station/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arnos Grove</a><br>6 trains per hour to Heathrow Terminal 5<br>6 trains per hour to Heathrow Terminal 4<br>3 trains per hour to Northfields<br>3 trains per hour to Rayners Lane<br>3 trains per hour to Uxbridge</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Station History</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Although the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">District Railway</a> laid their new extension from Earl&#8217;s Court to Hammersmith in 1874, no station was provided here due to the rural nature of the Baron&#8217;s Court area.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The turn of the 20th century saw the situation change with rapid housing development taking place. This change led to the District Railway constructing a station at Barons Court that opened for service on 9th October 1905.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Services through the station were improved fourteen months later, when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway</a> opened their line from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park on 15th December 1906.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London Passenger Transport Board</a> in 1933 saw both the District and GNP&amp;BR Railways absorbed into London Underground, becoming the District and Piccadilly Lines respectively.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Barons Court&#8217;s Harry Ford designed station building, which was similar to those provided at Earl&#8217;s Court and Hammersmith was granted <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358562" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grade II Listed status</a> as a building of architectural interest on 14th February 1985.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">During the 1990s, the station&#8217;s original features inclusing its terracotta tiling and unique platform benches were carefully restored to original condition.</p>



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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Details of London Underground Barkingside Station, including Address, Lines Served, Service Pattern and History.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Station Rd, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex IG6 1NB<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 1st May 1903<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAR<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 4</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong> <br><br>Central Line<br><br><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"> <br>9 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway<br>3 trains per hour to White City<br>9 trains per hour to Hainault<br>3 trains per hour to Newbury Park</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">None</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Station History</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Barkingside Station was opened on their Fairlop Loop branch from Woodford to Ilford via Hainault by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Great Eastern Railway</a> on 1st May 1903.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">With the outbreak of World War I several economies had to be made and the station, along with the line was closed to passenger traffic from 21st May 1916 until 30th June 1919.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The Railways Act 1921 saw the Great Eastern amalgamated with other companies to become part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London and North Eastern Railway</a> in 1923.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London Passenger Transport Board</a> in 1933 and their proposed 1935-1940 &#8216;New Works Programme&#8217; saw the majority of the Fairlop Loop transferred from LNER ownership to the new body, intending to utilise it as part of the Eastern extension of the Central Line. Work on the conversion began in 1938 but was paused a year later due to World War II and did not restart until 1946.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The final steam-operated service ran on the line on 29th November 1947 when the line and its stations were closed to allow electrification work to take place. This was completed, and the first electric Central Line service ran through the station on 31st May 1948.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The long disused station goods yard was closed, and the track lifted on 4th October 1965.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Due to it being classed a structure of architectural significance, the station building, designed by William Burgess, was granted <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1081012" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Grade II Listed Status</a> on 22nd February 1979.</p>



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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Station Parade, Barking IG11 8TU<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 13 April 1854<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAG<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 4</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong> <br><br>District Line<br>Hammersmith &amp; City Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>District Line:</em> <br>12 trains per hour to Upminster<br>6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway<br>6 trains per hour to Richmond</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><br><em>Hammersmith &amp; City Line:</em> <br>6 trains per hour to Hammersmith</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">National Rail, London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Barking station was opened by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London,_Tilbury_and_Southend_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London, Tilbury &amp; Southend Railway</a> on their new line to Tilbury on 13 April 1854. Following the construction of two further new lines by the LT&amp;SR, the station was extensively rebuilt in 1889.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">9 July 1894 saw the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_and_Forest_Gate_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tottenham &amp; Forest Gate Railway</a> (a joint enterprise between the Midland Railway and the London, Tilbury &amp; Southend Railway), open their line which connected to the existing LTSR line at Woodgrange Park. From opening, the Tottenham &amp; Forest Gate Railway services (operated by the Midland Railway) ran through to Barking and beyond.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Services operated by the District Railway arrived at Barking in 1902, however these were withdrawn in 1905 when electrification of the line was paused at East Ham. Barking did not regain its District Line service until the continuation of the electrification arrived in 1908. Further electrification saw the District Line service extended to Upminster in 1932, closely followed by the arrival of Metropolitan Line services in 1936.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Following the nationalisation of British Railways in 1948, the station came under the ownership of the Eastern Region. Architects H.H. Powell and John Ward were charged with designing a new booking hall for the station and construction began in 1959 with the station being reopened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1961.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">The Station booking hall was granted Grade II listed status by English Heritage (now Historic England) on 24th November 1995.<br><br>Barking is the second busiest Underground station outside of Zones 1 and 2.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Aldersgate St, London<br>EC1A 4JA<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 23rd  December 1865<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAB<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 1</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Circle Line<br>Hammersmith &amp; City Line<br>Metropolitan Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Circle Line</em><br>6 trains Per Hour clockwise to Edgware Road<br>6 Trains Per Hour anti-clockwise to Hammersmith<br><br><em>Hammersmith &amp; City Line</em><br>6 Trains Per Hour eastbound to Barking<br>6 Trains Per Hour westbound to Hammersmith <br><br><em>Metropolitan Line</em><br>12 trains per hour eastbound to Aldgate<br>2 trains per hour westbound to Amersham (all stations)<br>2 trains per hour westbound to Chesham (all stations)<br>8 trains per hour westbound to Uxbridge (all stations)</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br>None</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><em>Aldersgate Street</em> Station was opened by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metropolitan Railway</a> on their extension from Farringdon to Moorgate on 23rd December 1865.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Becoming a victim of its own success, the Metropolitan Railway constructed another pair of tracks between King&#8217;s Cross and Moorgate known as the City Widened Lines to allow other railway companies to access the area without interrupting the passenger service.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The new lines opened, with the first trains run by the Great Northern Railway in 1868, followed by the Midland Railway.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The station name was simplified on 1st November 1910 when the station became <em>Aldersgate</em>, before being renamed to <em>Aldersgate and Barbican</em> Station on 24th October 1924.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London Passenger Transport Board</a> in 1933, the Metropolitan Railway was absorbed by the new entity, becoming the Metropolitan Line. Mainline rail services remained under the ownership of their existing companies.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">During World War II, the station and its surrounding area suffered severe bomb damage during German air raids, including one in December 1940 that caused most of the building above the station to collapse. This also caused a blockage of the line and severe disruption to train services.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The remains of the bomb-damaged building were removed and, in 1955 the remainder of the street-level building accessing the station was demolished.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">As part of the planning for the Barbican Estate, 500 metres of the Metropolitan Line was relaid in tunnels between the station and Moorgate between 1963 and 1965.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The station was renamed for the final time on 1st December 1968 when to better fit the surrounding area, it was simplified to <em>Barbican</em> station.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Having passed to British Railways in 1948 and continued through privatisation, the final mainline rail services through the station ran in March 2009 when, as part of the Thameslink Programme, the line was severed at Farringdon to allow the platforms there to be lengthened.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Princes St, London<br>EC3V 3LA<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 25th February 1900<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BAN<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 1</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Central Line<br>Northern Line (Bank Branch)<br>Waterloo &amp; City Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Central Line</em><br>9 trains Per Hour to West Ruislip<br>9 Trains Per Hour to Ealing Broadway<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Northolt<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Hainault<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Hainault via Newbury Park<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Loughton<br>9 Trains Per Hour to Epping</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Northern Line</em><br>10 Trains Per Hour to Edgware<br>2 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East <br>8 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet <br>20 Trains Per Hour to Morden</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Waterloo &amp; City Line</em> (M-F Only)<br>5 Trains Per Hour to Waterloo</p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6892" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">London Underground Bank Station</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-2.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-2.jpg" alt="London Underground Bank Station" class="wp-image-6915" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-2.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-2-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">London Underground Bank Station</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-3.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-3.jpg" alt="London Underground Bank Station" class="wp-image-6918" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-3.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-3-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">London Underground Bank Station</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-1-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-1-1.jpg" alt="London Underground Bank Station" class="wp-image-6916" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-1-1.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">London Underground Bank Station</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-4.jpg" alt="London Underground Bank Station" class="wp-image-6919" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-4.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/London-Underground-Bank-Station-4-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">London Underground Bank Station</figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Although the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_%26_City_line" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Waterloo &amp; City Railway</a> had constructed and opened its <em>City</em> Station under Queen Victoria Street on 8th August 1898, it was not until the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City and South London Railway</a> constructed its extension from London Bridge to Moorgate that a station called Bank was opened on 25th February 1900.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_London_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Central London Railway</a> arrived just over five months later, when they opened platforms at Bank on 30th July 1900 to act as the terminus of their line from Shepherds Bush. Also at this time, a connection was provided from the two separate booking halls to the W&amp;CR platforms to allow interchange.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">However, the platforms themselves were not connected between the routes and this was only achieved when a network of pedestrian subways, along with underground passageways and escalators were constructed in 1924.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Further change occurred a year later when the existing CLR and C&amp;SLR booking halls were combined during the reconstruction of the Bank of England, when a new structure was provided, including an entrance in the wall of the Bank itself.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 saw several changes made. The Central London Railway became the Central London Line, with the City &amp; South London&#8217;s line from Kennington to Euston via the City being renamed the Hampstead-City Line. Major changes were also made at the station when on 8th September 1933, a connecting passageway and escalators were opened between Bank and Monument stations, making them the first (and so far only) pair of stations with a physical link.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The Hampstead-City Line was renamed alongside the other former C&amp;SLR services, becoming the Northern Line on 28th August 1937.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following the outbreak of World War II, Bank station became one of a number of deep-level stations used as air raid shelters. On 11th January 1940 the street above the station was struck by a large bomb killing 56 and injuring 111 people, mainly those sheltering there. After the removal of the debris, a temporary bridge was installed over the bomb crater and, although the station remained closed until two months later, services continued to run on the Central and Northern Lines.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The platforms of the Waterloo &amp; City Railway, now operated by the London &amp; South Western Railway, were renamed from City to Bank on 28th October 1940. Nationalisation of the railways saw the Waterloo and City become part of British Railways Southern Region on 1st January 1948.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Access to the W&amp;C Line platforms was addressed in September 1960 when a pair of 303ft (92m) moving walkways were installed, although the original sloping access ramps were refurbished and retained for use.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Further change of operators following sectorisation saw the Waterloo &amp; City Line become part of the London &amp; Southeast sector in 1982, being renamed to Network Southeast on 10th June 1986.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">With the opening of the Docklands Light Railway in August 1987, there was a desire to construct a branch into the City of London as the present terminus at Tower Gateway was not very well connected. The new branch connecting the existing network to Bank was opened in July 1991.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">January 1994 saw the station undergo major refurbishment with new escaltors and lighting being installed along with repanelling of the station walkways and ticket hall, the works were completed in 1997.  Also in 1994, the Waterloo &amp; City line passed to London Underground ownership.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">First proposed in 2008, a new step-free entrance on Cannon Street Station began construction in November 2015, followed by a rolling programme of improvements to station access commencing in 2016 due to TfL&#8217;s assertion that the station was reaching saturation point.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">During these works, a new section of tunnel was bored for the Northern Line and the southbound platform was relocated, allowing the original platform to be converted into a passenger circulation space. Works also included the provision of new pedestrian tunnels between the Central and Northern Lines, along with new escalators between the Northern Line and DLR.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The works below ground were substantially completed by the end of of 2022, with the new Cannon Street entrance being opened for public use on 27th February 2023.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Balham High Rd, London SW12 9BW<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 6th December 1926<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BLM<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 3</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Northern Line (Bank Branch)</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">10 Trains Per Hour to Edgware via Bank<br>2 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East via Bank<br>8 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet via Bank<br>20 Trains Per Hour to Morden</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Holden" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Holden</a> designed Balham Station was the last to open on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City and South London Railway</a>&#8216;s extension from Clapham Common to Morden on 6th December 1926, the other stations and the line having opened on 13th September of that year.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Holden designed the station to fit a confined area, with entrances on the east and west sides of Balham High Road linked via a pedestrian subway. The station&#8217;s construction from white Portland stone with large glazed screens allowed natural light to flood the ticket halls and subway, creating a welcoming feel.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 saw the C&amp;SLR amalgamated with other lines to form London Underground, becoming the Northern Line.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">With the outbreak of World War II, Balham was designated as one of the deep-level stations to be used as a civilian air raid shelter.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">During an air raid on the evening of <a href="https://www.riversideradio.com/news-slides/blitz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">14th October 1940 a large fragmentation bomb was dropped on the road above the northern end of the platforms</a>. The crater left by the device was crashed into by a bus, causing the northbound platform tunnel to collapse and fill with earth, water and sewage from the fractured mains and sewers.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The effects of the explosion, combined with the flooding of the entire station led to the deaths of 64 civilians and 4 railway staff with over 70 people injured. The line was closed between Tooting Bec and Clapham Common to allow repairs to take place, with the work completed and the station reopened on 12th January 1941.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Nothing of any note occurred at the station for the next forty six years when the station buildings, platforms and passageways were granted <a href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101225887-balham-station-london-regional-transport-including-above-ground-buildings-and-sub-surface-platforms-and-passages-nightingale-ward" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">G</a><a href="https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101225887-balham-station-london-regional-transport-including-above-ground-buildings-and-sub-surface-platforms-and-passages-nightingale-ward">rade II Listed Status</a> on 16th June 1987.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Details of London Underground Baker Street Station, including Address, Lines Served, Service Pattern and History.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Marylebone Rd, London NW1 6UY<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 10th January 1863<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> BST<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 1</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Bakerloo Line<br>Circle Line<br>Hammersmith &amp; City Line<br>Jubilee Line<br>Metropolitan Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Bakerloo Line</em><br><br>6 Trains Per Hour to Harrow &amp; Wealdstone </p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">3 Trains Per Hour to Stonebridge Park </p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">11 Train Per Hour tph to Queen&#8217;s Park</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">20 Trains Per Hour to Elephant &amp; Castle</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Circle Line</em></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">6 Trains Per Hour to Edgware Road (Clockwise)</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">6 Trains Per Hour to Hammersmith (Anti Clockwise)</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Hammersmith &amp; City Line</em></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">6 Trains Per Hour to Barking or Plaistow</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">6 Trains Per Hour to Hammersmith</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Jubilee Line</em></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">24 Trains Per Hour to Stratford</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">12 Trains Per Hour to Stanmore</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">4 Trains Per Hour to West Hampstead</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">4 Trains Per Hour to Willesden Green</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">4 Trains Per Hour to Wembley Park</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em>Metropolitan Line</em></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">12 Trains Per Hour to Aldgate</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">4 Trains Per Hour Terminate Here</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">2 Trains Per Hour to Amersham</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">2 Trains Per Hour to Chesham</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">4 Trains Per Hour to Watford</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">8 Trains Per Hour to Uxbridge</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br>OSI: Marylebone (National Rail) &#8211; 550 Metres</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Baker Street Station was constructed as part of the World&#8217;s first Underground railway between Paddington and Farringdon by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metropolitan Railway</a> in 1860, opening three years later on 10th January 1863.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Five years later, the Metropolitan &amp; St John&#8217;s Wood Railway opened a line constructed in tunnels from Baker Street to Swiss Cottage, with the Metropolitan Railway providing all services.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following extensions in the late 1870s and early 1880s the M&amp;SJWR duplicated their existing tunnel from the station before being absorbed into the Metropolitan Railway.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">November 1891 saw the presentation of a bill to Parliament for the construction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_and_Waterloo_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Baker Street and Waterloo Railway</a>. The new line would run from Marylebone to Elephant and Castle and the bill was approved in 1900.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Construction commenced in August 1900 and the line saw its first trains in 1905, albeit only for test purposes, with the official opening between Waterloo and Lambeth North occurring on 10th March 1906.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Baker Street served as the temporary terminus for this line until 27th March 1907, when the rest of the line to Marylebone was opened.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">In 1914, the Leslie Green-designed BS&amp;WR station building was supplemented by a new concourse constructed under the Metropolitan Railway, allowing direct connections via escalators instead of the original lifts supplied at opening.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">With the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the Metropolitan Railway and Baker Streeet &amp; Waterloo Railway were amalgamated with other Underground Railway companies to form London Underground, with the lines becoming the Metropolitan and Bakerloo respectively.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Due to a bottleneck at Finchley Road created by the reduction of four tracks to two, the LPTB decided to extend the Bakerloo Line north from Baker Street as a branch line, taking over the existing Metropolitan Line stopping service from Finchley Road to Stanmore. Construction began in April 1936 and a new ticket hall adjacent to the existing facility was provided at the station before the new branch commenced service on 20th November 1939.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">In the late 1960s, a proposal was made for the Bakerloo line branch to Stanmore to be included in a new line extending from Baker Street via Bond Street, Trafalgar Square and Cannon Street before heading to South London. The new &#8216;Fleet Line&#8217; was approved as far as a new terminus at Charing Cross and construction commenced in early 1970.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">A new northbound platform was constructed as part of the line at Baker Street and the now Jubilee Line opened along its entirety on 1st May 1979.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The station building, its sub-surface platforms and front retaining wall were granted Grade II Listed Status on 26th March 1987.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Highbury Hill, London<br>N5 1LP<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 15th December 1906<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> ASL<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 2</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Piccadilly Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">18 Trains Per Hour to Cockfosters<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Arnos Grove<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 4<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 5<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Rayners Lane<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Uxbridge<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Northfields</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br>None</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><em>Gillespie Road</em> Station was opened on their line from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway</a> on 15th December 1906.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The original station building was designed in his unique style by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Green" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leslie </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Green">Green</a> with red terracotta-clad buildings, in the same way as both Caledonian and Holloway Road Stations.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following the end of the 1912-13 football season, Woolwich Arsenal FC moved from South of the river to a new stadium constructed opposite the station. As a result of the club&#8217;s presence, and their renaming to Arsenal, the club, its manager and supporters mounted a campaign to get the station name changed, with this becoming successful on 31st October 1932 when it was renamed <em>Arsenal (Highbury Hill)</em>.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Also during the 1930s, the original station building was deemed too small for the demands placed on it during matchdays, so the original Leslie Green buildings were demolished and replaced with a wider, more modern design.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Upon the formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board">Passenger Transport Board</a> in 1933, the GNP&amp;BR was amalgamated with other lines to form London Underground, with the station becoming part of the Piccadilly Line.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Early in 1960, the <em>Highbury Hill</em> suffix was dropped and the station became <em>Arsenal</em>, although the platform walls still bear the Gillespie Road name spelled out in tiles at either end.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Nothing of any note occurred at the station in the following decades until, in 2007, the station underwent a major restoration and upgrade. This work entailed the restoration of the station&#8217;s tilework, resurfacing of all the floors and platforms and the installation of improved CCTV and tannoy equipment.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Details of London Underground Arnos Grove Station, including Address, Lines Served, Service Pattern and History.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Bowes Rd, London N11 1AN<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 19th September 1932<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> ASG<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 4</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>London Underground Line(s) Served:</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">Piccadilly Line</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">18 Trains Per Hour to Cockfosters<br>3 Trains Per Hour Terminate Here<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 4<br>6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 5<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Rayners Lane<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Uxbridge<br>3 Trains Per Hour to Northfields (Start Here)</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br>None</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">For many years firstly the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Great Northern Railway</a>, and then its successor the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">London and North Eastern Railway</a> refused to grant their consent for any extension of the London Underground into the suburbs of North London. This led to the LNER obtaining parliamentary approval for a ban on any extensions north of the existing terminus at Finsbury Park in 1902.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">In 1923 a public campaign against the ban had emerged stating the severe congestion at Finsbury Park, and this was assisted by <a href="https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/people/frank-pick-man-behind-london-transports-identity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frank Pick</a>, the assistant managing director of the Underground Group.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following the public campaign, and additional pressure from the Underground Group, the London and North Eastern Railway relented on their objection in 1925 and Frank Pick began working on a proposal to extend the Piccadilly Line, gaining parliamentary approval in 1929.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Construction of the extension began in 1930 and was completed as far as Arnos Grove Station in early 1932, with the <a href="https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/people/charles-holden-london-transports-architect" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles Holden</a>-designed station opening for service on 19 September 1932. The station remained as a terminus until the second phase of the extension was opened to Cockfosters on 13th March 1933.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">After the outbreak of World War II, a solitary German bomber dropped a bomb on a group of houses located next to Bounds Green Station, causing the northern end of the platform tunnel toi collapse. This led to no services north of Wood Green for two months so the station closed during this time.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The station was bestowed with <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358981?section=official-list-entry">Grade II Listed Status</a> as a building of architectural and historical interest on 19th February 1971.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">During 2005 the station underwent a refurbishment programme that included improvements to the station signage, CCTV equipment and train information provision. Repairs and redecoration were also carried out during these works, although the heritage features of the station were not altered.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> Junction Rd, London N19 5RQ<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 22 June 1907<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> ACY<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 2/3</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">10 Trains Per Hour to Morden<br>10 Trains Per Hour to Battersea Power Station<br>16 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet<br>4 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br><em>OSI</em> &#8211; Upper Holloway (London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Line) 400 Metres</p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/London-Underground-Archway-Station-2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/London-Underground-Archway-Station-2.jpg" alt="London Underground Archway Station" class="wp-image-6653" srcset="https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/London-Underground-Archway-Station-2.jpg 1024w, https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/London-Underground-Archway-Station-2-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Archway Station</figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Green" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Leslie Green</a> designed <em>Highgate</em> Station was opened as one of their northern termini by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_Cross,_Euston_and_Hampstead_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charing </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charing_Cross,_Euston_and_Hampstead_Railway">Cross, Euston &amp; Hampstead Railway</a> on 22nd June 1907.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The station was upgraded in 1930 with the original lifts being replaced with escalators. Also at this time, the secondary entrance to the station was replaced with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Holden" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Charles </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Holden">Holden</a> design virtually identical to the one at Hammersmith.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Upon the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board, the CCE&amp;HR became part of the London Underground, forming the Northern Line in 1933.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Under the new ownership the station was renamed <em>Archway (Highgate)</em> to better reflect its location on 11th June 1939, before the line was extended to East Finchley as part of the New Works Programme on the 3rd July of that year.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Two years later, the station was again renamed, this time to <em>Highgate (Archway)</em> on 19th January 1941 before reverting to <em>Archway</em> in December 1947.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Redevelopment of the area in the early 1960s saw the original station buildings at Archway demolished and replaced as part of the 17 storey Archway Tower office scheme in 1963.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Plans to make the station step free were implemented in 2007 but, although a Transport and Works Act order was granted, the project was subsequently shelved due to lack of funds.</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Address:</strong> High Street, London<br>N1 9LQ<br><strong>Opened:</strong> 1st September 1892<br><strong>Station Code:</strong> AGL<br><strong>Fare Zone:</strong> 1</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Service Pattern(s):</strong></p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size">20 Trains Per Hour to Morden<br>10 Trains Per Hour to Edgware<br>8 Trains Per Hour to High Barnet<br>2 Trains Per Hour to Mill Hill East</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size"><em><strong>Interchange(s)</strong></em> <br><br>None</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">C</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_South_London_Railway">ity &amp; South London Railway</a> opened Angel Station on 17th November 1901 as the terminus of their new northern extension from Moorgate. The original station building, located at the corner of City Road and Torrens Street was designed by Sydney Smith.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The ambitious nature of the C&amp;SLR saw Angel&#8217;s terminus status last less than six years, as the line was extended to Euston, opening on 12th May 1907 with Angel becoming a through station.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">The C&amp;SLR was taken over by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Underground Electric Railways Company of London</a> in 1913 and the new owner continued to expand and improve the line. In the 1920s the entire line was closed to rebuild the tunnels to allow for larger trains. At this time Angel received a newly tiled station façade and the original lifts were replaced with larger examples.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">As a result of the tunnel widening works, the UERC merged the line with its existing Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway to form the Morden to Edgware Line.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Following the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the UERC was merged with other rail and bus companies to form London Transport. At this time, the Mordern to Edgware service was renamed to the Northern Line.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">From opening, the original station building and lifts suffered from chronic overcrowding, made worse by the narrow ialand platform at track level. With London&#8217;s ever-growing population and the move towards further passenger safety, the decision was taken to rebuild the whole station.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Work commenced in 1989 with the original station building being closed. This was followed by construction of a new section of Northbound running tunnel to allow for a new platform. The Southbound platform was rebuilt and widened to occupy the space left by the former Northbound platform and running line.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">On the surface, a new ticket hall was constructed on Islington High Street as part of the Angel Square office development, with escalators being installed down to platform level, replacing the original lifts in the old building. The new ticket hall opened on 10th August 1992 with the rest of the station becoming operational on 17th September of that year.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px">Further refurbishment work was carried out in 2007 with additional CCTV cameras and help points being installed, alongside new communications equipment and the replacement of damaged signage.</p>



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