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Essex Road railway station

Essex Road National Rail
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Entrance on Canonbury Road
Essex Road is located in Greater London
Essex Road
Essex Road
Location of Essex Road in Greater London
Location Canonbury
Local authority London Borough of Islington
Managed by Great Northern
Owner Network Rail
Station code EXR
DfT category E
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2011–12 Increase 0.483 million
2012–13 Increase 0.521 million
2013–14 Increase 0.572 million
2014–15 Increase 0.627 million
2015–16 Increase 0.716 million
Key dates
1904 Opened (GN&CR)
1975 Closed (Northern City Line)
1976 Opened (British Rail City Line)
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WGS84 51°32′26″N 0°05′47″W / 51.5406°N 0.0963°W / 51.5406; -0.0963Coordinates: 51°32′26″N 0°05′47″W / 51.5406°N 0.0963°W / 51.5406; -0.0963
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Essex Road railway station is a National Rail station in Canonbury in the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Northern City Line between Old Street and Highbury & Islington and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is at the junction of Essex Road, Canonbury Road and New North Road, with the present entrance on Canonbury Road. Operated by Great Northern, it is the only deep level underground station in London served solely by National Rail trains. Between 1933 and 1975 the station was operated as part of the London Underground, as a short branch of the Northern line. Between 1922 and 1948 the station name was Canonbury & Essex Road. The name reverted to the original form in 1948.

The station was opened on 14 February 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground route between the Great Northern Railway (GNR) station at Finsbury Park and the Metropolitan Railway (MR) and City & South London Railway (C&SLR) station at Moorgate in the City of London.

The GN&CR was intended to carry main line trains and the tunnels were constructed with a larger diameter (16 ft/4.9 m) than the other deep tube railways being built at that time (roughly 11 to 12 ft/3.4 m to 3.7 m). From 1913 the MR took control of the GN&CR and ran it under its own name until it became part of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933. In preparation for the LPTB's "Northern Heights" plan the line was transferred to the control of the Morden-Edgware Line (now the Northern line).


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