Highbury & Islington station

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Highbury & Islington

Highbury & IslingtonLocation of Highbury & Islington in Greater London
Location	Highbury & Islington
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Underground London Overground (surface platforms only)
Station code(s)	HHY
DfT category	C2 (Great Northern platforms) F1 (London Overground)
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	Yes (Overground platforms only)
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	17.50 million
2020	8.22 million
2021	8.34 million
2022	13.76 million
2023	14.14 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	29.399 million
– interchange	3.397 million
2020–21	8.661 million
– interchange	1.116 million
2021–22	17.816 million
– interchange	2.193 million
2022–23	20.601 million
– interchange	6.840 million
2023–24	21.828 million
– interchange	3.780 million
Key dates
26 September 1850	Opened (NLR)
28 June 1904	Opened (GN&CR)
1 September 1968	Opened (Victoria line)
1975	Closed (Northern line (Highbury branch))
1976	Opened (Northern City Line)
February 2010	Overground platforms rebuilt
1 June 2010	North London Line platforms re-opened
March 2011	East London Line platforms opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°32′45″N 0°06′18″W / 51.5458°N 0.1050°W / 51.5458; -0.1050
London transport portal

Highbury & Islington is an interchange station in the London Borough of Islington, north London for London Underground, London Overground and National Rail services. The station is served by the Underground's Victoria line, the Overground's Mildmay and Windrush lines and Great Northern's Northern City line.

On the Victoria line, the station is between King's Cross St Pancras and Finsbury Park. On the Mildmay line, it is between Caledonian Road & Barnsbury and Canonbury. The station is the terminus of the Windrush line, with Canonbury the preceding station. On the Northern City line, it is between Essex Road and Drayton Park, 2 miles 21 chains (3.6 km) down the line from Moorgate.

It is the 13th busiest station in the UK, with over 30 million people a year using it in 2018/19 according to Office of Rail and Road statistics. The station is situated in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

The Horne station building, pictured in 1873

The current station derives from two earlier stations. The first, which was on the same site, was a Victorian-gothic building, designed by Edwin Henry Horne, with a drive-in forecourt, opened on 26 September 1850 by the North London Railway (NLR) and called 'Islington'. Following reconstruction, it was renamed 'Highbury & Islington' on 1 July 1872.

The second station, on the opposite side of Holloway Road, was opened on 28 June 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. Opened as 'Highbury', it was renamed to 'Highbury & Islington' on 20 July 1922. This line and stations were operated by the Metropolitan Railway and its successors from 1913 until 1975 when the line, by then called the Northern City line, was transferred to British Rail. The route is now operated by Great Northern.

The NLR station was damaged by a V-1 flying bomb on 27 June 1944; however, its main building remained in use until it was demolished in the 1960s during the building of the Victoria line. The original westbound platform buildings remain, as does a small part of the original entrance to the left of the present station entrance.

The present single-storey structure was built in the 1960s for the opening of the Victoria line on 1 September 1968 and is the entrance for all lines. When the escalators to the deep-level platforms were opened, the GN&CR station building was closed. Its disused entrance remains and was refurbished externally in 2006 – it houses signalling equipment for the Victoria line.

The Victoria line was built to give as many interchanges as possible with Underground and British Rail lines, with, wherever possible, cross-platform connection between different lines heading in the same direction. To this end, at Highbury & Islington the northbound Northern City line platform was reallocated to the southbound Victoria line to give a direct link between the two southbound platforms; a new northbound platform was constructed for each line; the northbound running NCL tunnel was diverted to its new platform; and the southbound Victoria line tunnel was joined to the old northbound NCL tunnel.

Between 14 May 1979 and 11 May 1985 the station was served by the Crosstown Linkline diesel multiple unit service between Camden Road and North Woolwich.

The former train operating company Anglia Railways ran services known as London Crosslink from Norwich to Basingstoke via Stratford, which called at Highbury & Islington. This service operated from 2000 until 2002.

To allow new four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London line between Gospel Oak and Stratford was closed between February and May 2010 while a new signalling system was installed and 30 platforms were extended. During this closure, the Highbury & Islington station ticket hall was extended and step-free access installed on all of the London Overground platforms. The North London line reopened on 1 June 2010; however, the East London line platforms did not open until March 2011, whilst the Western Curve was reinstated, linking the station to Dalston Junction and the rest of the East London line.

Platforms

Highbury & Islington has a total of eight platforms, divided between those that are on the surface and those that are deep level:

Platform 1 – Windrush line (London Overground) services to Crystal Palace
Platform 2 – Windrush line (London Overground) services to West Croydon (Clapham Junction on Sundays)
Platform 3 – Northbound Victoria line (London Underground)
Platform 4 – Northbound Northern City line (Great Northern)
Platform 5 – Southbound Victoria line (London Underground)
Platform 6 – Southbound Northern City line (Great Northern)
Platform 7 – Westbound Mildmay line (London Overground)
Platform 8 – Eastbound Mildmay line (London Overground)

Surface platforms

Platforms for Mildmay line (formerly NLL) and Windrush line (formerly ELL) services are operated by London Overground. On 1 June 2010, following the temporary closure of the route from February 2010 to May 2010, NLL services were rerouted to the newly built platforms 7 and 8 for the AC lines, which replaced the old "special use" platform. Platforms 1 and 2, which previously served the NLL route on third rail lines, were closed from February 2010 for reconstruction and reopened in 2011 for the ELL services. The change of platforms allows ELL services to operate without having to cross over NLL tracks. An island platform provides platforms 2 and 7; platforms 1 and 8 are side platforms. When the ELL extension to Clapham Junction was first instituted in December 2012, trains ran through to Clapham Junction from this station throughout the week. Following a timetable change in December 2014, they only do so on Sundays, with West Croydon the second destination served alongside Crystal Palace on weekdays & Saturdays.

Deep-level platforms

Platforms 3 to 6 are deep-level platforms. Platforms 3 and 5 are used for services on the Victoria line; 4 and 6 are used for Northern City line services.

Services

Windrush Line

Legend

London Overground

Highbury & Islington

Shoreditch High Street

Whitechapel

Shadwell)

under River Thames

(

Battersea Park (limited)

Sydenham

Clapham Junction

Crystal Palace

London Overground

All times below are correct as of May 2016.

Mildmay line

On Mondays to Fridays there is a service approximately every 7–8 minutes throughout the morning and evening peaks, changing to roughly every 10 minutes off-peak. On Saturdays the service is approximately every 10 minutes. Sunday services are similar in frequency to the services on Saturdays.

Windrush line

On Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 6–9 minutes throughout the day, while on Sundays before 13:00 there is a service every 15 minutes, changing after that to every 7–8 minutes until the end of service.

Finsbury Park to Highbury & Islington to Dalston

Legend

					East Coast Main Line

Finsbury Park
					Junctions with
					Canonbury Curve
					and Northern City Line
towards King's Cross


					Bridge to Emirates Stadium
Drayton Park
Victoria line					Canonbury Curve
North London line
					Highbury & Islington
Victoria line
Northern City Line
					Canonbury

Dalston Junction					Dalston Kingsland
East London line
					North London line

Great Northern

On Mondays to Fridays there is a service approximately every 4–15 minutes until 10:00, when the frequency is every 10 minutes until 16:00, when the frequency again changes to between every 4–15 minutes until the end of service. Prior to December 2015, weekend and evening services were diverted to Kings Cross from Finsbury Park. Northbound trains run alternately to Welwyn Garden City and to Stevenage via Hertford North.

London Underground

Victoria line

Westbound there is a service every 2–5 minutes all day, all week. Eastbound there are services every 2–8 minutes all day, all week.

Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
King's Cross St Pancrastowards Brixton		Victoria line	Finsbury Parktowards Walthamstow Central
Preceding station	London Overground		Following station
Caledonian Road & Barnsburytowards Clapham Junction or Richmond		Mildmay line North London line	Canonburytowards Stratford
Terminus		Windrush line East London line	Canonburytowards Crystal Palace or West Croydon
Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Drayton Park		Great Northern Northern City Line	Essex Road
Former Service
Camden Road or West Hampstead		Anglia Railways London Crosslink	Stratford
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Drayton Parktowards Finsbury Park		Metropolitan lineNorthern City Branch (1913-39)	Essex Roadtowards Moorgate
Drayton Parktowards Finsbury Park		Northern lineNorthern City branch (1939-64)
Drayton ParkTerminus		Northern lineNorthern City branch (1964-75)
Abandoned plans
Drayton Parktowards Bushey Heath, High Barnet or Alexandra Palace		Northern line	Essex Roadtowards Moorgate

Connections

London Buses routes 4, 19, 21, 30, 43, 263 and 393 and night routes N19, N41, N271 and N277 serve the station.

References

"Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
thetrainline
"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.
"Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
"Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
"Home - Transport for London". www.tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
TFL.gov.uk
Butt 1995, pp. 120, 128.
Chronology of London Railway by H.V.Borley
Butt 1995, p. 120.
Horne 1988, p. 43.
"Metronet News Issue 8 (page 7)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
"In Pictures: The East London Line Extension To Highbury & Islington". Londonist. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
Table 59 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Table 178 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
"Seven-day-a-week service to the City better for late-returning commuters and weekend shoppers" (Press release). Govia Thameslink Railway. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
Journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
Journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
Orange-colored “Great Northern” from 1904
"Buses from Highbury & Islington" (PDF). TfL. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
"Night buses from Highbury & Islington" (PDF). TfL. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Horne, M.A.C. (1988). The Victoria Line - A Short History. Douglas Rose. ISBN 978-1-870-35402-8.

External links

Victoria line

Stations

Rolling stock

Current	2009 Stock
Original	1967 Stock

Abandoned plans

Wood Street

London transport portal

London Overground

Mildmay line

West London line	Clapham Junction Imperial Wharf West Brompton Kensington (Olympia) Shepherd's Bush Willesden Junction → through to North London line for Stratford
North London line	Richmond Kew Gardens Gunnersbury South Acton Acton Central Willesden Junction

Shoreditch High Street

(from Clapham North)

Battersea Park

Stations in italics have a limited service.

Other topics

Future plans

Planned and proposed stations	Brent Cross West Castle Green Thamesmead Abbey Wood East Brixton Maiden Lane Junction Road Surrey Canal Old Oak Common Lane Hythe Road Primrose Hill
Planned and proposed routes	R25 (London) West London Orbital

Rolling stock

Current	Class 378 Class 710
Former	Class 150 Class 172 Class 313 Class 315 Class 317 Class 508

Operations

History

London transport portal

Metropolitan line

Stations

Central London section	Aldgate Liverpool Street Moorgate Barbican Farringdon King's Cross St Pancras Euston Square Great Portland Street
Core section	Baker Street Finchley Road Wembley Park Preston Road Northwick Park Harrow-on-the-Hill
Uxbridge branch	West Harrow Rayners Lane Eastcote Ruislip Manor Ruislip Ickenham Hillingdon Uxbridge
Outer section & branches	North Harrow Pinner Northwood Hills Northwood Moor Park Watford branch Croxley Watford Rickmansworth Chorleywood Chalfont & Latimer Chesham branch Chesham Amersham branch Amersham

Rolling stock

Present rolling stock	S8 Stock

History

Former lines	Brill Tramway 1863–1933 1933–1988 Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway
Closed stations	Brill Granborough Road Hammersmith (Grove Road) Lord's Marlborough Road Quainton Road St Mary's (Whitechapel Road) Shoreditch Swiss Cottage Tower of London Uxbridge Road Verney Junction Waddesdon Waddesdon Road Westcott Winslow Road Wood Lane Wood Siding Wotton
Former stations	Aldgate East Aylesbury Barking Bow Road Bromley-by-Bow Dollis Hill Drayton Park East Ham Edgware Road Essex Road Finsbury Park Goldhawk Road Great Missenden Gunnersbury Hammersmith Highbury & Islington Kensington (Olympia) Kew Gardens Kilburn Kingsbury Ladbroke Grove Latimer Road New Cross New Cross Gate Mile End Neasden Old Street Paddington Plaistow Queensbury Ravenscourt Park Richmond Rotherhithe Royal Oak Shadwell Shepherd's Bush Stanmore Stepney Green Stoke Mandeville Surrey Quays Turnham Green Upton Park Wapping Wendover West Ham West Hampstead Whitechapel Willesden Green
Abandoned plans	Lothbury Clerkenwell Finchley Road Hampstead Watford Central
Transferred lines	Aylesbury line Bakerloo line East London line Hammersmith & City line Jubilee line Great Northern & City Railway
Former rolling stock	Metropolitan Railway electric multiple units GN&C Stock S Stock T Stock Circle Stock O/P/CP/CO/P1 Stock F Stock Main Line Stock A60 and A62 Stock
Former locomotives	A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class K Class Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives Metropolitan departmental ex GWR Wotton Tramway
Metro-Land	Metro-land Metro-Land (1973 film)

Historic
proposals

Croxley Rail Link	Cassiobridge Watford Vicarage Road Watford High Street Watford Junction
Other	West Hampstead interchange

Northern line

Stations

High Barnet branch	High Barnet Totteridge & Whetstone Woodside Park West Finchley Mill Hill East Finchley Central East Finchley Highgate Archway Tufnell Park Kentish Town Camden Town
Edgware branch	Edgware Burnt Oak Colindale Hendon Central Brent Cross Golders Green Hampstead Belsize Park Chalk Farm Camden Town
Charing Cross branch	Camden Town Mornington Crescent Euston Warren Street Goodge Street Tottenham Court Road Leicester Square Charing Cross Embankment Waterloo Kennington
Bank Branch	Camden Town Euston King's Cross St Pancras Angel Old Street Moorgate Bank London Bridge Borough Elephant & Castle ( 100m) Kennington
Morden branch	Kennington Oval Stockwell Clapham North Clapham Common Clapham South Balham Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Morden
Battersea branch	Kennington Nine Elms Battersea Power Station

Rolling
stock

Current	1995 Stock
Former	1906 Stock 1938 Stock 1949 Stock 1956 Stock 1959 Stock 1962 Stock 1972 Stock Standard Stock

History

Former companies	City and South London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Edgware, Highgate and London Railway Underground Electric Railways Company of London
Former lines	Northern City Line
Former stations	City Road Essex Road Finsbury Park Highbury & Islington Drayton Park King William Street South Kentish Town
Abandoned plans	Northern Heights plan Aldenham depot Alexandra Palace Brockley Hill Bushey Heath Cranley Gardens Crouch End Elstree South Mill Hill Muswell Hill North End Stroud Green

Depots

London transport portal

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for
London (TfL)

London Underground	Night Tube Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City
London Rail	Docklands Light Railway Elizabeth line Tramlink London Overground North London East London South London West London Gospel Oak to Barking Lea Valley Romford–Upminster Watford DC
London Buses	East London Transit Superloop Night buses
Other	Coach station Cycle hire Dial-a-Ride IFS Cloud Cable Car London River Services London Streets Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators

River operators

Train operators

Other

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow London Heliport Military: Northolt Private: Biggin Hill
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Baker Street Bank-Monument Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Earl's Court Elephant & Castle Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street Green Park King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
Other	Barking Bromley South Canary Wharf Clapham Junction Ealing Broadway East Croydon Finsbury Park Heathrow stations Highbury & Islington Lewisham London City Airport Richmond Stratford Surbiton Sutton Upminster West Ham West Hampstead stations Whitechapel Willesden Junction Wimbledon

Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern
Suburban

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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