Canonbury Railway Station
| Canonbury | |
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 The entrance of the train station
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | CNN |
| IBNR | 7000528 |
| opening | 1870 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | London |
| London Borough | London Borough of Islington |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 32 '54 " N , 0 ° 5' 33" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Canonbury Station is located in the London Borough of Islington in the Travelcard zone 2. He is supported by the Transport for London managed exclusively by trains of the London Overground operated on the North London Line and the East London Line run. In 2011, 0.773 million passengers used the station.
history
The predecessor of the station was opened in 1858 by the North London Railway east of the current location under the name Newington Road & Balls Pond , but was then named Canonbury and the current location in 1870 . The station was part of the North London Line and was served by suburban trains between Richmond and Watford Junction to Broad Street at the time of British Rail . After the closure of Broad Street in 1986, it was only served by trains on the NLL connection Richmond - North Woolwich . After the privatization of British Rail, Canonbury and the train route from Richmond to North Woolwich came under the Silverlink Metro franchise . In 2007, Transport for London took over the Silverlink Metro lines and has been operating them since then under the name London Overground . The Stratford – North Woolwich section was also closed. The TfL also decided to extend the East London Line , which was then still part of the underground network, to the north to Dalston and Highbury & Islington and to the south to Crystal Palace and West Croydon and also to integrate it into the overground network. For this reason Canonbury station has been completely rebuilt. Due to the high volume of traffic (six trains per hour on the North London Line and eight trains per hour on the East London Line ), the four-lane section between Camden Road and Highbury & Islington as far as Canonbury, which previously existed on the North London Line, was extended. This section was previously reserved for freight traffic. The station received a new ticket hall and two new tracks. In the course of signaling work and platform extensions, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford was closed for four months. In the course of this work, the North London Line in the Canonbury area was relocated to the north, so that the NLL trains now stop at the newly created platforms 3 and 4, while the East London Line trains, which have been in service since March 2011, the previous platforms 1 and 2 use. These are barrier-free accessible.
Canonbury Curve
To the west of the station, the Canonbury Curve joins the North London Line, a connection through the Canonbury Tunnel to the East Coast Main Line in Finsbury Park . However, the connection is reserved exclusively for freight traffic and allows a connection between the ECML and the Great Eastern Main Line . The connection used to be important as a connection between the Docklands around Poplar and the main route to north-east England and Scotland.
function
The main function of the station is to provide a transfer hub between the North London Line and the East London Line. It is handicapped accessible and offers barrier-free access to and between the platforms. The Dalston Junction / Dalston Kingsland junction, also shown as a transfer node in the network map, extends over two main roads with heavy traffic.
business
Operations are carried out by London Overground. In addition to the North London Line and the East London Line, direct connections to the West London Line are also offered.
- Clapham Junction - Kensington (Olympia) - Willesden Junction - Gospel Oak - Canonbury - Stratford (twice an hour)
- Richmond – Willesden Junction – Gospel Oak – Canonbury – Stratford (four times an hour)
- Highbury & Islington - Dalston Junction - Whitechapel - New Cross Gate - Crystal Palace (four times an hour)
- Highbury & Islington - Dalston Junction - Whitechapel - New Cross Gate - Norwood Junction - West Croydon
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Office of Rail Regulation - station usage
- ↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/hackney/index0.shtml
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/cnn/details.html
- ↑ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/richmond-clapham-junction-to-stratford-large-print.pdf
- ↑ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/highbury-islington-to-west-croydon-large-print.pdf