Seven Sisters train station
Seven Sisters is a train station in the London Borough of Haringey , which also includes an underground station of the London Underground . The local transport hub , which is served by trains of the Victoria Line and the Abellio Greater Anglia railway company, is in the Travelcard tariff zone 3, between the main streets Seven Sisters Road and West Green Road. In 2013, 14.46 million underground passengers used the station, plus 3.426 million railroad passengers.
The station is named after the Seven Sisters ("seven sisters"), a striking group of trees. On the way to the next underground station Tottenham Hale branches off a tunnel that leads to the Northumberland Park depot. This is located at the station of the same name on the main railway line to Cambridge .
history
The station was opened on July 22, 1872 by the Great Eastern Railway , as part of the commissioning of the suburban line between Hackney and Enfield . On January 1, 1878 the so-called Palace Gates Line followed. This was built in competition with a route of the Great Northern Railway and led near the Alexandra Palace , a popular destination. British Rail ceased passenger services on this route on January 7, 1963 as part of rationalization measures. The associated platforms in Seven Sisters were demolished and the tracks removed.
On September 1, 1968, the opening of the first section of the Victoria Line between Walthamstow Central and Highbury & Islington . The renovation of the station, which received an additional entrance, could not be completed until December 1968.
Web links
- Departure times from National Rail
- Photo of the entrance to the train station (1969)
- Photo of the platform (1974)
- Sketch of the train station ( Memento from September 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Estimates of station usage. (Excel, 1.1 MB) Office of Rail Regulation, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Victoria Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 22, 2013 .
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| Tottenham Hale | Victoria Line | Finsbury Park | ||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 57.9 " N , 0 ° 4 ′ 30.7" W.