Manor House is a station on the
Piccadilly line of the
London Underground
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, on the boundary between
Travelcard Zone 2
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Ba ...
and
Zone 3. It straddles the border between the London Boroughs of
Hackney and
Haringey
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, the postal address
and three of the entrances being in the former, and one entrance in the latter.
Description
The station is situated at the junction of
Seven Sisters Road
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and
Green Lanes Green Lanes may refer to:
*A green lane (road), a type of road, usually an unpaved rural route.
*Green Lanes (London), a major road running through north London
* Harringay, a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Haringey
The London Borough o ...
. Named after the
former public house that used to be located on the crossroads, it was designed by
Charles Holden
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and opened on 19 September 1932. It is situated between
Finsbury Park
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and
Turnpike Lane stations.
Like all stations on the
Cockfosters extension, Manor House station set new aesthetic standards, not previously seen on London's Underground. The sub-surface areas of the station were tiled in biscuit coloured tiles lined with blue friezes (refurbished in 2005).
When first constructed, the station was equipped with nine street level entrances, two of which gave access to tram routes to and from
Tottenham
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,
Edmonton
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and
Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill is an area in Inner London, England, about 5.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross. The neighbourhood is a sub-district of Hackney, the major component of the London Borough of Hackney, and is known for its Hasidic community, the l ...
via tramway island exits into Seven Sisters Road. The last of these tram services were withdrawn in 1938 and replaced by
trolleybuses
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and the exits were removed in 1951.
The station tunnels have, in common with those of
Turnpike Lane and
Wood Green
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, a diameter of 23 feet (7 metres) and were designed for the greater volume of traffic expected. In contrast,
Bounds Green
Bounds Green is a residential suburb just north of Wood Green, in the London Borough of Haringey in north London. Parts of it are also known as New Southgate, but most of New Southgate lies in the London Borough of Enfield to the north-west.
B ...
and
Southgate
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Ed ...
have only 21 foot (6.4 metres) diameter platform tunnels. The construction of "suicide pits" between the rails was also innovative. These were built in connection with a system of passageways under the platforms to give access to the track.
Next to the northern exit are the remains of a
tram
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way track, which leads into the rear of the former Metropolitan Electric Tramways Headquarters (M.E.T) building, later the Eastern Divisional Office of London Transport Buses.
Plan to transfer station to the Victoria line
During the planning of the
Victoria line
The Victoria line is a London Underground line that runs between in south London and in the north-east, via the West End. It is printed in light blue on the Tube map and is one of the only two lines on the network to run completely undergr ...
, a proposal to transfer Manor House station to the Victoria line was put forward. New tunnels were also proposed for the Piccadilly line between Finsbury Park and Turnpike Lane, which would have considerably reduced the travelling time from outer North London to Central London. The inconvenience caused during re-construction, as well as the cost, ensured that the ideas were not pursued.
The Victoria line tunnels as built run underneath the station. At the northern end of the eastbound (towards Cockfosters) platform one can hear Victoria line trains running beneath.
Connections
London Buses
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routes
29,
141,
253,
254,
259,
279 and
341
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and night routes
N29,
N253 and
N279 serve the station.
Gallery
Image:Manor House Tube Station, Eastbound-Nortbound Platform.jpg, Westbound platform looking west
Image:Manor House stn southeast entrance.JPG, Southeastern subway entrance
Image:Manor House stn northbound.JPG, Eastbound platform looking west
Image:Manor House stn southbound.JPG, Westbound platform looking east
Image:Manor House stn roundel.JPG, Station platform roundel
References
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Piccadilly line stations
London Underground Night Tube stations
Tube stations in the London Borough of Hackney
Tube stations in the London Borough of Haringey
London Underground stations located underground
Former London Electric Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1932
Charles Holden railway stations