Noel Park and Wood Green railway station

Noel Park and Wood Green

Noel Park and Wood Green station on a 1920 map
Noel Park and Wood Green
Location of Noel Park and Wood Green in Greater London
Location Wood Green
Owner Great Eastern Railway
Number of platforms 2
Key dates
1878 (1878) Opened
1963 closed for passengers
1964 (1964) Closed for freight
Replaced by none
Other information
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WGS84 51°35′43″N 0°06′26″W / 51.59538°N 0.10727°W / 51.59538; -0.10727Coordinates: 51°35′43″N 0°06′26″W / 51.59538°N 0.10727°W / 51.59538; -0.10727
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Noel Park and Wood Green is a closed railway station on the Palace Gates Line in Wood Green, north London. It was located on the north-east side of The Broadway adjacent to Pelham Road. Its site is now occupied by Wood Green Shopping City.

The station was opened on 1 January 1878 as Green Lanes by the Great Eastern Railway as the temporary terminus of the line which was extended to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station on 7 October 1878.

Route of Palace Gates Line highlighted on a 1900 map

In 1884 as work began on the large Noel Park housing estate nearby the station name was changed to Green Lanes & Noel Park and it was changed again to its final name in 1902.

Competing as it did with other nearby railway lines and the Underground's Piccadilly line, the Palace Gates line was unprofitable and the line and the station were closed for passenger services on 7 January 1963 and for freight on 7 December 1964.[1] Following closure, the embankment that housed the station and the bridge over The Broadway was removed. Nothing is left of the station.

References

  1. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley -page 59
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Palace Gates
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway
Palace Gates Line
  West Green
Line and station closed


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