Upper Holloway railway station

Upper Holloway
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Upper Holloway Location of Upper Holloway in Greater London
Location	Upper Holloway
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	UHL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
OSI	Archway
National Rail annual entry and exit
2009–10	0.285 million
2010–11	0.506 million
2011–12	0.736 million
2012–13	0.901 million
2013–14	1.087 million
2014–15	1.166 million
Key dates
1868	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Upper Holloway railway station is in Holloway, North London, near Archway (N19). It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, between Gospel Oak and Crouch Hill. It is operated by London Overground, and the service is one train every 15 minutes in each direction except late evenings when it is half-hourly. The line is not electrified, and services are operated by two-car Class 172 DMUs.

The station is a short walk along Holloway Road from Archway on the Northern line. This is currently the most convenient interchange between the two lines, given as 490 yards (450 m) on the maps inside London Overground trains (but the interchange is not mentioned on London Underground maps). There are rumours of an interchange station to be built at Tufnell Park where the Gospel Oak to Barking line crosses the Northern line, on the site of the now demolished Junction Road station but as yet there is no official word on if or when this work would be carried out.

Connections

London Buses routes 17, 43, 263 and 271 and night route N41 serve the station.

Station Infrastructure

Station facilities are basic with little at street level other than a few signs to indicate the presence of a station. Holloway Road passes over the line and steps and ramps for wheelchair users, buggies, bikes etc. on either side of the bridge lead directly down to the platforms. There are information points, CCTV cameras, information screens and loudspeakers. There are brick-built shelters on each platform and the station staff operate out of a small portable office.

Signs of the station's past remain. The building which used to be the ticket office can be seen beside the south entrance (for trains towards Gospel Oak). A footbridge over the track remains but this is closed and the only way over the track is by Holloway Road. The platforms were originally built to accommodate longer trains. The unused sections of platform remain but are closed and in a poor state of repair. The signal box at the end of the platform is still in use.

As of summer 2008, the station has been repainted and re-signed in London Overground colours, with the green-painted staircase railings (for example) of the former Silverlink franchise giving way to Overground orange.

The station was formerly located between Junction Road and Hornsey Road station, which both closed in 1943. The cause of the closures was in part related to their close proximity to Upper Holloway station.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

External links

• Train times and station information for Upper Holloway railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Gospel Oak Terminus		Gospel Oak to Barking Line		Crouch Hill towards Barking
	Disused Railways
Junction Road		Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway		Hornsey Road