Caledonian Road tube station

Caledonian Road
Caledonian Road Location of Caledonian Road in Greater London
Location	Holloway
Local authority	Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	5.25 million
2013	5.94 million
2014	6.00 million
2015	6.13 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
15 December 1906	Station opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1401086
Added to list	20 July 2011
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°32′54″N 0°07′07″W / 51.5483°N 0.1186°W / 51.5483; -0.1186Coordinates: 51°32′54″N 0°07′07″W / 51.5483°N 0.1186°W / 51.5483; -0.1186

Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Holloway Road, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway. The building was designed by Leslie Green.

Caledonian Road station is located on Caledonian Road in Holloway, north London. The station continues to use lifts, never having been upgraded to escalators. Unusually for stations of its era, the lifts descend directly to platform level with no secondary staircases. In recent times this has meant that the station is now advertised as "Step Free" on line maps without rebuilding work taking place. The station is a Grade II listed building.

The next northbound station from Caledonian Road is Holloway Road while the next southbound station was originally York Road. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains. York Road was planned to be open to relieve congestion at King's Cross St. Pancras.

The station was scheduled to be closed from 4 January 2016 until mid-August 2016, to enable the two lifts to be upgraded. A local campaign against the closure emerged via a Change.org petition and achieved close to 7,500 supporters. The petitioners claimed that the station could be kept open while new lifts were installed in two unused lift shafts. This was previously done when lifts were replaced in 1987 and the station remained open throughout.

In January 2016, Islington Council announced that it had applied for a Judicial Review of Transport for London's plan, to be heard on 25 February 2016. On 19 January 2016, Underground management announced that the closure plan had been shelved and that new arrangements would be made to keep the station open during lift refurbishment.