Canonbury railway station
Canonbury 
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Canonbury railway station
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 Canonbury
Location of Canonbury in Greater London
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| Location | Canonbury |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | CNN |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.784 million |
| – interchange |
72,867 |
| 2012–13 |
2.318 million |
| – interchange |
1.628 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.741 million |
| – interchange |
2.594 million |
| 2014–15 |
2.929 million |
| – interchange |
 0.359 million |
| 2015–16 |
2.859 million |
| – interchange |
0.418 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1858 | opened |
| 1870 | resited |
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| WGS84 | 51°32′54″N 0°05′33″W / 51.5482°N 0.0925°WCoordinates: 51°32′54″N 0°05′33″W / 51.5482°N 0.0925°W |
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Canonbury railway station serves the districts of Canonbury and Highbury within the London Borough of Islington in north London. It is on London Overground's North London Line and East London Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground, and the station is in Travelcard Zone 2. This location of the station is close to the boundary with the London Borough of Hackney.
The station originally opened in 1858 to the east of its present location as "Newington Road & Balls Pond" and was renamed "Canonbury" shortly before the move to its present site in 1870.
In 2007, the ticket office was extensively refurbished, as part of the station upgrade programme delivered through conversion to London Overground. On 1 June 2010, as a result of the East London Line extension, North London Line services were rerouted to the newly constructed platforms 3 and 4, with the East London Line trains now using refurbished platforms 1 and 2.
To the west of the station is the Canonbury curve, a freight-only connection through the Canonbury tunnel to the East Coast Main Line at Finsbury Park which had opened in 1874. A passenger service operated to/from Broad Street from 1875 until 1976 when suburban services from the main line were diverted to Moorgate via the restored line between Finsbury Park and Drayton Park.
The North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010, for installing a new signalling system and for extending 30 platforms, in order in due course to allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network. After reopening on 1 June 2010, the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service operating Mondays to Saturdays and no service at all on Sundays.
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