Hornsey railway station is in

Hornsey Hornsey is a district of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner Lo ...

in the

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, north London. It is on the Great Northern route that forms part of the

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, down the line from , and is situated between to the south and to the north. It is in

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. The station is managed by

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on behalf of

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, and is adjacent to the Hornsey train maintenance depot. It was built in 1850 on the Great Northern Railway.

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1850 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR), the same day that the main line between and London () was opened. Under plans approved in 1897, the station was to be served by the

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(GN&SR), a tube railway supported by the GNR which would have run underground beneath the GNR's tracks from to and then into central London. The GN&SR stations on each side would have been the same as the main line stations. The GN&SR route and stations north of Finsbury Park were cancelled in 1902 when the GN&SR was taken over by Charles Yerkes' consortium which planned to merge it with the

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to form the

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from Finsbury Park to

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(now part of the London Underground's Piccadilly line).

Service

All services at Hornsey are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 4 tph to * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between Moorgate and Hertford North, and the service between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City is increased to 4 tph. The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services between Moorgate and .

Connections

* Turnpike Lane

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station is a 15-minute walk away. *

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route 41 and night routes N41 and N91 serve the station.

References

External links

The Metamorphosis of Hornsey Station
on

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{{TSGN and SE Stations, Northern City=y, SE None=y, SN None=y Railway stations in the London Borough of Haringey Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Proposed London Underground stations Unbuilt Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations

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