Canonbury railway station

Canonbury
Canonbury railway station
Canonbury Location of Canonbury in Greater London
Location	Canonbury
Local authority	Islington
Managed by	London Overground
Station code	CNN
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	0.561 million
2009–10	0.472 million
2010–11	0.773 million
2011–12	1.784 million
— interchange	72,867
2012–13	2.318 million
— interchange	1.628 million
2013–14	2.741 million
— interchange	2.594 million
2014–15	2.929 million
— interchange	0.359 million
Key dates
1870	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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London Overground East London Line
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Highbury & Islington    Canonbury Dalston Junction Kingsland Viaduct ▼ Haggerston Hoxton Kingsland Viaduct ▲ Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Finsbury Park to Highbury & Islington to Dalston
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East Coast Main Line Finsbury Park Junctions with Canonbury Curve and Northern City Line towards King's Cross Bridge to Emirates Stadium Drayton Park Victoria line x20px Canonbury Curve North London Line Highbury & Islington Victoria line Northern City Line Canonbury Dalston Junction Dalston Kingsland East London Line x20px North London Line

Canonbury railway station serves the districts of Canonbury and Highbury within the London Borough of Islington in north London. It is on London Overground's North London Line and East London Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground, and the station is in Travelcard Zone 2. This location of the station is close to the boundary with the London Borough of Hackney.

History

The station originally opened in 1858 to the east of its present location as "Newington Road & Balls Pond" and was renamed "Canonbury" shortly before the move to its present site in 1870.

In 2007, the ticket office was extensively refurbished, as part of the station upgrade programme delivered through conversion to London Overground. On 1 June 2010, as a result of the East London Line extension, North London Line services were rerouted to the newly constructed platforms 3 and 4, with the East London Line trains now using refurbished platforms 1 and 2.

To the west of the station is the Canonbury curve, a freight-only connection through the Canonbury tunnel to the East Coast Main Line at Finsbury Park.

The North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010, for installing a new signalling system and for extending 30 platforms, in order in due course to allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network. After reopening on 1 June 2010, the work continued until May 2011 with a reduced service operating Mondays to Saturdays and no service at all on Sundays.

During the NLL closure of February–May 2010, the through route was moved to the north side of the cutting, and two adjacent brand new platforms provided, an island platform replacing the former eastbound platform. This allowed the extended ELL to serve Canonbury (and Highbury & Islington) on a pair of completely segregated tracks occupying the former route on the south side of the cutting.

Since the northern extension of the East London Line, which was completed and opened in March 2011, Canonbury station has had four platforms, giving interchange between the London Overground East London Line (ELL) and North London Line (NLL) with step-free access to all platforms and peak service frequencies of 12 trains per hour in each direction.

Services

All times below are correct as of the May 2011 timetables.

North London Line

Mondays to Fridays there is a service approximately every 7–8 minutes throughout the morning and evening peaks, changing to roughly every 10 minutes off-peak. On Saturdays the service is approximately every 10 minutes. Services have resumed on Sundays and are similar to those on Saturdays. Details of these services are below: The times below are the typical weekday service at the station in trains per hour:

• 4 westbound to Richmond via Camden Road and Willesden Junction.
• 2 westbound to Clapham Junction also via Camden Road and Willesden Junction.
• 6 eastbound to Stratford via Hackney.

East London Line

Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 6–9 minutes throughout the day, while on Sundays before 13:00 there is a service every 15 minutes, changing to every 7–8 minutes until the end of service after that. Details of these services are below:

The times below are the typical weekday service at the station in trains per hour:

• 8 northbound to Highbury & Islington.
• 4 southbound to Crystal Palace via Surrey Quays and Sydenham.
• 4 southbound to Clapham Junction station via Surrey Quays.

Connections

London Buses routes 30, 277 and 236 serve the station.

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Highbury & Islington towards Richmond		North London Line		Dalston Kingsland towards Stratford
Highbury & Islington Terminus		East London Line		Dalston Junction towards Crystal Palace or Clapham Junction
	Disused Railways
Highbury & Islington		North London Railway 1850-1934		Mildmay Park

External links

• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06

• Train times and station information for Canonbury railway station from National Rail