Golders Green tube station

Golders Green
Station entrance
Golders Green Location of Golders Green in Greater London
Location	Golders Green
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	5 (facing 3 tracks)
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	7.64 million^[2]
2013	7.40 million^[2]
2014	8.25 million^[2]
2015	8.70 million^[2]
Key dates
1907	Opened as terminus (CCE&HR)
1923	Became through station (CCE&HR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°34′19″N 0°11′38″W / 51.572°N 0.194°W / 51.572; -0.194Coordinates: 51°34′19″N 0°11′38″W / 51.572°N 0.194°W / 51.572; -0.194
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Golders Green is a London Underground station in Golders Green, north London. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Hampstead and Brent Cross. It is in Travelcard zone 3 and is the first surface station on the Edgware branch when heading north.

The station is located at the crossroads of Finchley Road (A598) and Golders Green Road/North End Road (A502). The station exit is adjacent to Golders Green bus station; a former exit to Finchley Road is now closed. Adjacent to the station is the Golders Green Hippodrome, home to the BBC Concert Orchestra for many years and now the headquarters of a religious organisation.

History

Golders Green station was opened by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR, now part of the Northern line) on 22 June 1907. It was one of the railway's two northern terminals (the other being at Archway) and was also the site of the railway's depot. At the beginning of the 20th century Golders Green was a small rural hamlet with only a few houses, but the opening of the railway stimulated a rapid building boom causing the number of houses and the population to increase greatly.

To the south of the station in the tunnels beneath Hampstead Heath is the partially built but uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station.

Before the First World War plans were made to extend the CCE&HR north from Golders Green to Hendon and Edgware to open up new areas of the Middlesex countryside to development and to create a source of new passengers. The war postponed the construction of the extension and work did not begin until 12 June 1922. The first section of the extension, as far as Hendon Central, opened on 19 November 1923.

Golders Green was the last station on the Northern line to retain semaphore signals, replaced in 1950.

Today

The Golders Green station has three tracks running through it which serve a side platform and two island platforms. The platforms are numbered 1 to 5 with numbers 1 and 2 serving each side of one track and 3 and 4 serving each side of another. Platform 1 (the northbound side platform) is not presently in public use. Two new lifts were installed during 2008, one on platform 2/3 and one on platform 4/5 to provide step-free access to the platforms. Ticket barriers are in operation.

The maintenance of the station now falls under Tube Lines as part of the Public-Private Partnership.

Connections

London Buses routes 13, 82, 83, 102, 183, 210, 226, 240, 245, 260, 268, 328, 460, 631, H2 and H3 and night routes N5 and N13 serve the station

Gallery

Station entrance in 1962
Northern line in the 1962 snow
Northbound platforms looking south. During refurbishment, platform 1 on the right is out of use (photo January 2008)
Centre terminating track looking north
Centre terminating track looking south
Southbound platform 5 prior to lift installation works
Roundel on northbound platform 2
Tunnel portals to the south of the station

References

↑ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

External links

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Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
Brent Cross towards Edgware		Northern line Edgware Branch	Hampstead towards Morden or Kennington
	Abandoned works
Preceding station		London Underground	Following station
Terminus		Northern line	North End towards Charing Cross

Northern line

Stations

High Barnet branch	High Barnet Totteridge & Whetstone Woodside Park West Finchley Mill Hill East Finchley Central East Finchley Highgate Archway Tufnell Park Kentish Town Camden Town

Edgware branch	Edgware Burnt Oak Colindale Hendon Central Brent Cross Golders Green Hampstead Belsize Park Chalk Farm Camden Town

Central section via Charing Cross	Camden Town Mornington Crescent Euston Warren Street Goodge Street Tottenham Court Road Leicester Square Charing Cross Embankment Waterloo Kennington

Central section via Bank	Camden Town Euston King's Cross St. Pancras Angel Old Street Moorgate Bank London Bridge Borough Elephant & Castle (100m)

Morden line	Kennington Oval Stockwell Clapham North Clapham Common Clapham South Balham Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Morden

Future extension to Battersea	Kennington Nine Elms Battersea Power Station

Rolling stock

Present stock	1995 Stock

Former stock	1906 Stock 1938 Stock 1949 Stock 1956 Stock 1959 Stock 1962 Stock 1972 Stock Standard Stock

History

Former companies	City and South London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Edgware, Highgate and London Railway Underground Electric Railways Company of London

Former lines	Northern City Line

Former stations	City Road Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park King William Street South Kentish Town

Abandoned plans	Northern Heights plan Aldenham depot Alexandra Palace Brockley Hill Bushey Heath Cranley Gardens Crouch End Elstree South Mill Hill Muswell Hill North End Stroud Green

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