Hornsey railway station

Hornsey railway station is in Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey, north London. It is on the Great Northern Route that forms part of the East Coast Main Line, 4 miles 4 chains (6.5 km) down the line from London King's Cross, and is situated between Harringay to the south and Alexandra Palace to the north.[2]

Hornsey
The southbound platform of the station and adjacent TMD.
Hornsey Location of Hornsey in Greater London
Location	Hornsey
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	Great Northern
Station code	HRN
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16	1.535 million[1]
2016–17	1.675 million[1]
2017–18	1.743 million[1]
2018–19	1.654 million[1]
2019–20	1.560 million[1]
Key dates
1850	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.5862°N 0.1116°W
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It is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is managed by Great Northern on behalf of Network Rail, and is adjacent to the Hornsey train maintenance depot. It was built in 1850 on the Great Northern Railway.

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1850 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR),[3] the same day that the main line between Peterborough and London (Maiden Lane) was opened.[4]

Under plans approved in 1897, the station was to be served by the Great Northern and Strand Railway (GN&SR), a tube railway supported by the GNR which would have run underground beneath the GNR's tracks from Alexandra Palace to Finsbury Park and then into central London. The GN&SR stations on each side would have been the same as the main line stations. The GN&SR route and stations north of Finsbury Park were cancelled in 1902 when the GN&SR was taken over by Charles Yerkes' consortium which planned to merge it with the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway to form the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith (now part of the London Underground's Piccadilly line).[5]

Service

Hornsey currently has the following National Rail services off-peak (all operated by Great Northern) typically formed of Class 717 units:

Weekday services

• 6tph to Moorgate
• 2tph to Welwyn Garden City
• 4tph to Hertford North (2tph extended to Stevenage)

Weekend services:

• 4tph to Moorgate
• 2tph to Welwyn Garden City
• 2tph to Hertford North (1tph extended to Stevenage)

No National Rail trains operated to Moorgate at weekends or after 10pm prior to the December 2015 timetable change, instead being diverted to King's Cross. Franchise operator Great Northern introduced late night & weekend services to the Moorgate branch from 13 December 2015. Only a small number of late night and early morning trains to/from Kings Cross now stop here.

Connections

• Turnpike Lane London Underground station is a 15-minute walk away.
• London Buses route 41 and night routes N41 and N91 serve the station.

Future developments

• In July 2009, the Department for Transport announced that depots for new Thameslink trains would be built at Hornsey and Three Bridges.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 14B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 135. CN 8983.
5. Badsey-Ellis, Antony (2005). London's Lost Tube Schemes. Capital Transport. pp. 77 and 138. ISBN 1-85414-293-3.

External links

• The Metamorphosis of Hornsey Station on Harringay Online

• Train times and station information for Hornsey railway station from National Rail