West Green railway station was on the abandoned

Palace Gates Line The Palace Gates Line was a short railway branch line in north London running from the main line at Seven Sisters station in Tottenham to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station in Wood Green. Opening The line was constructed by the Great Eastern ...

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. It was in West Green on the north side of West Green Road, west of the junction with Philip Lane, and near the ''Black Boy'' public house. The Great Eastern Railway opened it on 1 January 1878. Competition from nearby railway lines and the Underground Piccadilly line rendered the Palace Gates line unprofitable and the line and the station were closed for passenger services on 7 January 1963 and for freight on 7 December 1964 by British Rail. Afterwards the shallow cutting that housed the station was filled in and the site is now occupied by a school and sports field. Two small buildings from the station frontage were used as shops until their demolition in August 2003.

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Disused station website - West Green Station
- includes a 1968 photo of the station before its demolition. {{Disused railway stations of London Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Haringey Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1878 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 Buildings and structures in Tottenham