Highbury & Islington station Facts for Kids

Highbury & Islington
Key dates

Location	Highbury & Islington
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	HHY
DfT category	C2 (Great Northern platforms) F1 (London Overground)
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	Yes (Overground platforms only)
Fare zone	2
1850	Opened (NLR)
1904	Opened (GN&CR)
1968	Opened (Victoria line)
1975	Closed (Northern line (Highbury branch))
1976	Opened (Northern City Line)
Feb 2010	Overground platforms rebuilt
June 2010	North London Line platforms re-opened
March 2011	East London Line platforms opened
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Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington. The name is often shortened to simply Highbury.

The station is on the Underground's Victoria Line, between Finsbury Park and King's Cross St. Pancras. It is also on the National Rail North London line and Northern City Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Plan of Deep platforms at Highbury & Islington showing changes for the opening of the Victoria Line

Future
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Future

In 2010 Highbury & Islington will become the new northern terminus of phase one of the East London Railway extension, which will be operated as part of London Overground.

Islington Council is currently considering redeveloping the site of the current station, and Highbury Corner generally, including possibly covering over the North London Line tracks and building an office block above the site..

Victoria line (London Underground)

Northbound looking south
Southbound looking north
Platform roundel

Great Northern (First Capital Connect)

Northbound looking south
Southbound looking north
Platform signage in the Network Southeast style from the 1980s
Tunnel signage in the style of the previous franchisee, WAGN

North London Line (London Overground)

Platforms looking east. Tracks here are third rail DC electrified.
Platforms looking west
Platform signage, as of summer 2008
"Special use" platform 7 looking east. This track, AC electrified, is normally used by freight trains, and therefore sees no normal passenger use.

- GN&CR station building, shortly after the Metropolitan Railway's merger into the London Underground, 1933
- Side entrance to GN&CR building on to Highbury Crescent, 1934
- Ticket hall of GN&CR station, 1935
- Combined ticket hall, 1970
- Northern City Line southbound platform, 1975
- Combined ticket hall, 2005
- Entrance to station (note remnant of original NLR building on left), 2005

Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
King's Cross St. Pancras towards Brixton	Victoria line	Finsbury Park towards Walthamstow Central
London Overground
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury towards Richmond	North London Line	Canonbury towards Stratford
National Rail
Essex Road	First Capital Connect Northern City Line Monday-Friday only	Drayton Park
	From Early 2011
Terminus	London Overground East London Line	Canonbury