Highbury & Islington station

Highbury & Islington
Highbury & Islington
	Highbury & Islington Location of Highbury & Islington in Greater London
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
2017	20.09 million
2018	17.89 million
2019	17.50 million
2020	8.22 million
2021	8.34 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
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
2016–17	29.853 million
– interchange	3.837 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 rebuilt
June 2010	North London Line platforms re-opened
March 2011	East London Line platforms opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page; Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51°32′45″N 0°06′18″W / 51.5458°N 0.1050°W

Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington. The name is often shortened to simply Highbury.

The station is on the Underground's Victoria Line, between Finsbury Park and King's Cross St. Pancras. It is also on the National Rail North London line and Northern City Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Finsbury Park to Highbury & Islington to Dalston

Legend

					East Coast Main Line

Finsbury Park
					Junctions with
					Canonbury Curve
					and Northern City Line
towards King's Cross


					Bridge to Emirates Stadium
Drayton Park
Victoria line					Canonbury Curve
North London line
					Highbury & Islington
Victoria line
Northern City Line
					Canonbury

Dalston Junction					Dalston Kingsland
East London Line
					North London line

Future[change | change source]

The North London Line reopened on 1 June 2010; however, the East London Line platforms did not open until March 2011.

Islington Council is currently considering redeveloping the site of the current station, and Highbury Corner generally, including possibly covering over the North London Line tracks and building an office block above the site..

Victoria line (London Underground)[change | change source]

Northbound looking south
Southbound looking north
Platform roundel

Great Northern (First Capital Connect)[change | change source]

Northbound looking south
Southbound looking north
Platform signage in the Network Southeast style from the 1980s
Tunnel signage in the style of the previous franchisee, WAGN

North London Line (London Overground)[change | change source]

Platforms looking east. Tracks here are third rail DC electrified.
Platforms looking west
Platform signage, as of summer 2008
"Special use" platform 7 looking east. This track, AC electrified, is normally used by freight trains, and therefore sees no normal passenger use.

References[change | change source]

↑ "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
↑ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
↑ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 ^7.6 ^7.7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

Other websites[change | change source]

Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
King's Cross St. Pancras towards Brixton		Victoria line	Finsbury Park towards Walthamstow Central
London Overground
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury towards Richmond or Clapham Junction		North London Line	Canonbury towards Stratford
	National Rail
Essex Road		First Capital Connect Northern City Line Monday-Friday only	Drayton Park
	From Early 2011
Terminus		London Overground East London Line	Canonbury

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[silverlink-1] "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007-2] "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2018-3] "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2019-4] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2020-5] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2021-6] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 ^7.4 ^7.5 ^7.6 ^7.7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

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