Upper Holloway railway station
Upper Holloway 
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 Upper Holloway
Location of Upper Holloway in Greater London
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| Location | Upper Holloway |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | UHL |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| OSI |
Archway  |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.736 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.901 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.087 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.166 million |
| 2015–16 |
1.292 million |
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| 1868 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°33′50″N 0°07′47″W / 51.5638°N 0.1298°WCoordinates: 51°33′50″N 0°07′47″W / 51.5638°N 0.1298°W |
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Upper Holloway railway station is in Holloway, North London, near Archway (N19). It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, between Gospel Oak and Crouch Hill. It is operated by London Overground, and the service is one train every 15 minutes in each direction except late evenings when it is half-hourly. The line is not electrified, and services are operated by two-car Class 172 DMUs.
The station is a short walk along Holloway Road from Archway on the Northern line. This is currently the most convenient interchange between the two lines, given as 490 yards (450 m) on the maps inside London Overground trains (but the interchange is not mentioned on London Underground maps).
London Buses routes 17, 43, 263 and 271 and night route N41 serve the station.
Station facilities are basic with little at street level other than a few signs to indicate the presence of a station. Holloway Road passes over the line and steps and ramps for wheelchair users, buggies, bikes etc. on either side of the bridge lead directly down to the platforms. There are information points, CCTV cameras, information screens and loudspeakers. There are brick-built shelters on each platform and the station staff operate out of a small portable office.
Signs of the station's past remain. The building which used to be the ticket office can be seen beside the south entrance (for trains towards Gospel Oak). A footbridge over the track remains but this is closed and the only way over the track is by Holloway Road. The platforms were originally built to accommodate longer trains. The unused sections of platform remain but are closed and in a poor state of repair. The signal box at the end of the platform is still in use.
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