Woodside Park is a

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station in

Woodside Park Woodside Park is a suburban residential area in London. It is located in the London Borough of Barnet, in the North Finchley postal district of N12. Description The area to the east of the tube station consists predominantly of large Vict ...

, north

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. The station is on the High Barnet branch of the

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, between Totteridge & Whetstone and

West Finchley West Finchley is a London Underground station in the Finchley area of the London Borough of Barnet. The station is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line between Woodside Park and Finchley Central stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4. ...

stations, and in

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. Woodside Park is the last station in an alphabetical list of

stations.

History

Woodside Park station was planned by the

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(EH&LR) and was originally opened as Torrington Park on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over the EH&LR).Clive's Underground Line Guides - Northern Line, Dates
/ref> The station was on a branch of a line that ran from

Finsbury Park Finsbury Park is a public park in the London neighbourhood of Harringay. It is in the area formerly covered by the historic parish of Hornsey, succeeded by the Municipal Borough of Hornsey. It was one of the first of the great London parks ...

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via

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. The station was renamed within a month of opening, and again in 1882. After the 1921 Railways Act created the ''Big Four'' railway companies the line was, from 1923, part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). The section of the High Barnet branch north of

East Finchley East Finchley is an area in North London, immediately north of Hampstead Heath. Like neighbouring Muswell Hill it straddles the London Boroughs of Barnet and Haringey, with most of East Finchley falling into the London Borough of Barnet. It ha ...

was incorporated into the London Underground network through the " Northern Heights" project begun in the late 1930s. The station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940Rose (1999) and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941. The station still retains much of its original Victorian architectural character today. British Rail (the successor to the LNER) freight trains continued to serve the station's goods yard until 1 October 1962, when it was closed.

Incidents

The

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exploded a bomb at the station's car park on 10 December 1992, during the afternoon rush hour. Commuters and residents were evacuated, though no-one was injured. The station is close to the

Inglis Barracks Inglis Barracks was a military installation in Mill Hill, London, NW7. It was also referred to as Mill Hill Barracks. The site has been redeveloped and now contains a variety of modern housing. History Early history Mill Hill Barracks, a set o ...

, where a British soldier was killed by an IRA bombing in 1988.

Connections

London Buses route 383 serves the station.

Local information

The station has a large adjacent area, originally for storing coal and now used as a car park. Until about 2000, there was a second car park. A block of flats has now been built on this area. The station is above ground. Both platforms are readily accessible from the street by wheelchair. The main entrance, with ticket office, is at the end of a cul-de-sac (Woodside Park Road), adjacent to the car park entrance. This leads on to the southbound platform. A Victorian

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is set into the front wall of the station. The entrance leading on to the northbound platform is at the end of the cul-de-sac (Station Road), a turning off Holden Road.

References

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External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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