Cockfosters tube station facts for kids

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Cockfosters

Cockfosters Location of Cockfosters in Greater London
Location	Cockfosters
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4 (facing 3 tracks)
Fare zone	5
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	1.633 million
2008	1.760 million
2009	1.675 million
Key dates
1933	Opened (Piccadilly Line)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink

Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line. It is the line's northern terminus. The station is on Cockfosters Road (A111), and is about 9 miles from central London. The station serves Cockfosters in the London Borough of Barnet, but it is actually a short distance away, across the borough boundary in the neighbouring London Borough of Enfield. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5. The next station southeast is Oakwood.

• • Cockfosters station, 1933
  • View of platform showing concrete structure and glazed screens, 1933
  • Long view of trainshed and canopies spanning three tracks, 1935
  • Bus shelter and subway entrance opposite station, 1935
  • Bus shelter and subway entrance opposite station with new building behind, 1966

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Oakwood towards Uxbridge or Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4 or Terminal 5)		Piccadilly line		Terminus

Images for kids

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  Main entrance

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  Western entrance

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  Concourse

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  Platforms 1 & 2 looking north (platforms 3 & 4 on the far right)

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  Platforms 1 & 2 looking south (platforms 3 & 4 on the far left)

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  Platforms 3 & 4 looking north with a Piccadily line train on platform 4

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  Platforms 3 & 4 looking south (platforms 1 & 2 on the far right)