Crouch End railway station is a former station in the

Crouch End Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban vill ...

area of north

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. It was located between Stroud Green station and Highgate station on Crouch End Hill just north of its junction with Hornsey Lane. The station building was located on the road bridge over the railway but only small parts remain of the structure today.

History

The station was built by the

Edgware, Highgate and London Railway The Edgware, Highgate and London Railway was a railway in North London. The railway was a precursor of parts of London Underground's Northern line and was, in the 1930s the core of an ambitious expansion plan for that line which was thwarted ...

and opened on 22 August 1867. The line ran from

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Edgware Edgware () is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with small parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent. Edgware is centred north-northwest of Charing Cros ...

via

Highgate Highgate ( ) is a suburban area of north London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, north-northwest of Charing Cross. Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live. It has two active conservation organisat ...

with branches to

Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue in London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. It is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. Origi ...

and High Barnet. After the 1921 Railways Act created the ''Big Four'' railway companies, the line was, from 1923, part of the

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(LNER). In 1935

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planned, as part of its " New Works Programme" to take over the line from LNER, modernise it for use with electric trains and amalgamate it with the

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. Works to modernise the track began in the late 1930s and were well advanced when they were interrupted and halted by the

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. Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and Mill Hill East and that section was incorporated into the Northern line between 1939 and 1941. Further works on the section between Finsbury Park, Highgate and Alexandra Palace were postponed and the line continued under the operation of the LNER. Because of wartime economies services were reduced to rush hours only, so that after the war the dwindling passenger numbers and a shortage of funds led to the cancellation of the unfinished works in 1950.

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(the successor to the LNER) closed the line temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952,. With dwindling passenger numbers the station was closed by

after the last train on 3 July 1954 along with the rest of the line between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace. The line continued to be used for goods into the 1960s and by London Underground for train stock movements until 6 October 1970 when it was completely closed. Today the track has been removed and the station buildings have been demolished but the platforms remain in situ. Most of the track bed between

Muswell Hill Muswell Hill is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. The hill, which reaches over above sea level, is situated north of Charing Cross. Neighbouring areas include Highgate, Hampstead Garden Suburb, East Fi ...

and Finsbury Park is now the Parkland Walk. Image:Crouch End Station Remains.jpg, Remains of station platforms Image:Extract of 1900 Map showing Edgware Highgate and London Railway.png, Edgware Highgate & London Railway, 1900 Image:Crouch End station building circa 1910.jpg, The station building in c.1910 File:Crouch End station geograph-3091113-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Entrance to former Crouch End station in 1984

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* * Crouch End station in 1935. Note the early style (pre 1920s) telephone box. * https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/brief-history-crouch-end/ {{Northern line navbox Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Haringey Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954 Proposed London Underground stations Unopened Northern Heights extension stations

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