Highbury & Islington station
Highbury & Islington   
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 Highbury & Islington
Location of Highbury & Islington in Greater London
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| 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 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 16.77 million |
| 2013 |
18.13 million |
| 2014 |
18.28 million |
| 2015 |
18.44 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
11.801 million |
| – interchange |
1.963 million |
| 2012–13 |
14.700 million |
| – interchange |
 1.766 million |
| 2013–14 |
15.840 million |
| – interchange |
2.037 million |
| 2014–15 |
19.976 million |
| – interchange |
2.893 million |
| 2015–16 |
28.166 million |
| – interchange |
2.834 million |
| Key dates | |
| 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 closed for rebuilding |
| June 2010 | North London Line Platforms re-open |
| March 2011 | East London Line Platforms open |
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| WGS84 | 51°32′45″N 0°06′18″W / 51.5458°N 0.1050°WCoordinates: 51°32′45″N 0°06′18″W / 51.5458°N 0.1050°W |
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Highbury & Islington is a London Underground and National Rail interchange station in the London Borough of Islington, north London. It is served by the London Underground's Victoria line, London Overground's East and North London Lines, and Great Northern's Northern City Line.
On the Victoria line the station is between Finsbury Park and King's Cross St. Pancras. On the Northern City Line it is between Essex Road and Drayton Park, 2 miles 21 chains (3.6 km) down-line from Moorgate.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The current station derives from two earlier stations. The first, which was on the same site, was an impressive Victorian-gothic building, designed by Edwin Henry Horne, with a drive-in forecourt, built in 1850 as Islington by the North London Railway (NLR). Station reconstruction completed in 1872 when renamed Highbury & Islington
The second station, on the opposite side of Holloway Road, was opened on 28 June 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground line, between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. This line and stations were operated by the Metropolitan Railway and its successors from 1913 until 1975 when the line, by then called the Northern City Line, was transferred to British Rail. The route is now operated by Great Northern.
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