Archway tube station

Archway
Main entrance on Junction Road
Archway Location of Archway in Greater London
Location	Archway
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
OSI	Upper Holloway
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	8.06 million
2013	8.17 million
2014	8.94 million
2015	9.79 million
Railway companies
Original company	Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Key dates
22 June 1907	Opened as Highgate; terminus of line
11 June 1939	Renamed Archway (Highgate)
3 July 1939	Line extended to East Finchley
19 January 1941	Renamed Highgate (Archway)
December 1947	Renamed Archway
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°33′56″N 0°08′06″W / 51.5656°N 0.135°W / 51.5656; -0.135Coordinates: 51°33′56″N 0°08′06″W / 51.5656°N 0.135°W / 51.5656; -0.135

Archway is a London Underground station underneath the Archway Tower, at the intersection of Holloway Road, Highgate Hill, Junction Road and Archway Road in Archway, north London. It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between Highgate and Tufnell Park stations, in Zones 2 and 3.

When constructed, the area was simply the northern end of Holloway Road and had no specific name but, in the hope of attracting patronage, the terminus was originally named Highgate after the village up the hill. At the time of the station's construction the first cable car in Europe operated non-stop up Highgate Hill to the village from outside the Archway Tavern, and this name was also considered for the station. The main station entrance now lies beneath Archway Tower on Junction Road while the side entrance is on Highgate Hill.

The Leslie Green designed station opened on 22 June 1907, under the name Highgate faced in Green's standard ox-blood glazed brick. It was opened as one of the northern terminals of what was then the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR).

On 3 July 1939, the line was extended to the Great Northern Railway's station at Highgate and East Finchley station as part of the New Works Programme. The station was renamed Highgate (Archway) (after the nearby road bridge over the deep cutting containing Archway Road), then Archway (Highgate), before becoming just Archway with the Highgate name being reassigned to the new station constructed beneath the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) high-level station of the same name.