Finsbury Park station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Finsbury Park

Eastern entrance on Station Place
Finsbury Park Location of Finsbury Park in Greater London
Location	Finsbury Park
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	Great Northern London Underground
Station code	FPK
Number of platforms	10 (6 National Rail, 4 Underground)
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	26.300 million
2009	23.214 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	5.546 million
— interchange	2.422 million
2008–09	5.494 million
— interchange	2.629 million
2009–10	6.566 million
— interchange	2.529 million
2010–11	7.337 million
— interchange	1.411 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1850	Tracks laid
1861	Opened (GNR)
1867	Opened (Edgware branch)
1904	Opened (GN&CR)
1906	Opened as terminus (GNP&BR)
1932	Became through station (Piccadilly)
1954	Closed (Edgware branch, passengers)
1964	Closed (Northern City Line)
1968	Opened (Victoria)
1970	Closed (Edgware branch)
1976	Opened (Northern City Line)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
Other websites	Departures Layout Facilities Buses

Finsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place. The National Rail ticket office here lies in between one entrance marked by the Underground roundel symbol, while the other is marked by the National Rail symbol, and provides direct access to the main line platforms. There is another exit by the western bus station along Wells Terrace, incorporating the Underground ticket office, plus a narrow side entrance to the south on the A503 Seven Sisters Road. The complex is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Current services

National Rail

The above-ground National Rail station, which has a separate ticket office to the Underground station, is managed and served by First Capital Connect. Trains from Moorgate and King's Cross form inner suburban services to Welwyn Garden City and Hertford North and outer suburban services start from Kings Cross towards Peterborough and Cambridge. Inner suburban service do not serve the Moorgate branch during late evenings and at weekends, being diverted to King's Cross station instead. There are six platforms, but only five tracks, given that platforms 4 and 5 share a track. Platform 1 is used by London Moorgate services heading into London, platform 6 by Moorgate services heading northbound. Platforms 2 (southbound) and 3 (northbound) by Kings Cross services, usually fast but sometimes stopping. Platforms 4/5 by stopping northbound trains from Kings Cross.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
King's Cross station		First Capital Connect Great Northern stopping (late evenings and weekends only)		Harringay
Drayton Park		First Capital Connect Northern City Line (Weekdays only)
Kings Cross		First Capital Connect Great Northern semi-fast		Potters Bar or Stevenage
	Disused railways
King's Cross York Road		British Rail Eastern Region City Widened Lines		Harringay
Kings Cross Terminus		Edgware, Highgate & London		Stroud Green

London Underground

The station is served by the Piccadilly and Victoria lines. Although thought of as a 'deep-level' tube station, Finsbury Park has neither lifts nor escalators as its lines are less than 20' (6.1 m) below street level, though there used to be lifts from the high-level platforms to the tube level. These were the last hydraulically operated lifts on LT. The access to the Piccadilly and Victoria line platforms is by staircase only, reached via two narrow passages that physically prevent the installation of automatic ticket barriers - remarkable, considering its Zone 2 location. Manual ticket inspections do, however, regularly take place. Oystercard readers are available for "pay as you go" customers.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Arsenal towards Uxbridge or Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4 or Terminal 5)		Piccadilly line		Manor House towards Cockfosters
Highbury & Islington towards Brixton		Victoria line		Seven Sisters towards Walthamstow Central
		Abandoned Northern Heights Extension
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Stroud Green towards Bushey Heath		Northern line		Drayton Park towards Moorgate
Stroud Green towards Alexandra Palace		Northern line

Related pages

• Graham Bond musician (died at the station).

• • Seven Sisters Road entrance to underground station, 1909
  • Wells Terrace entrance, 1925
  • Ticket office, 1934, when the Northern City Line was still operated by the Metropolitan Line
  • LNER Station, 1935

Images for kids

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  LNER Ivatt Atlantic at Finsbury Park in 1946

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  Reconfiguration of the below ground platforms at Finsbury Park

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  Great Northern Class 717 service at Finsbury Park