Highbury & Islington station

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Location	Highbury & Islington
Local authority	London Borough of Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Station code	HHY
DfT category	C2 (Great Northern platforms); F1 (London Overground)
Number of platforms	8
Accessible	Yes (Overground platforms only)
Fare zone	2
Key dates
1850	Opened (NLR)
1904	Opened (GN&CR)
1968	Opened (Victoria line)
1975	Closed (Northern line (Highbury branch))
1976	Opened (Northern City Line)
Feb 2010	Overground platforms rebuilt
June 2010	North London Line platforms re-opened
March 2011	East London Line platforms opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR; Underground; National Rail; Tramlink;
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;

Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London. It serves the suburbs of Highbury and Islington. The name is often shortened to simply Highbury.

The station is on the Underground’s Victoria Line, which is between Finsbury Park and King's Cross St. Pancras. It is also on the National Rail North London line and Northern City Line. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. London Overground East London line will also serve the station from 2011.

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Finsbury Park to Highbury & Islington to Dalston

Legend

	CONTg	East Coast Main Line
	KRW+l KRWglr KRW+r
Finsbury Park	STRg INT STRf
	v-SHI2gr dSHI2+l dSHI2glr dSHI2+r vSHI2gl-	Junctions with
	vSTRg dSTR; dNULg dSTR; dNULg vSTR; v-NULf vSTR; v-NULf vSTRf	Canonbury Curve
	SHI1+l; STR+l vKRZu dABZqr vKRZu vSTRr-	and Northern City Line
towards King's Cross	CONTf vSTRg-; tv-STRa vSTRg-; tv-STRa tvSTRa-; v-STRf tvSTRa-; v-STRf
	tv-STR; vSTRl- tv-STR; vSTRl- dSTRq; dNULgq dSTRq; dNULgq tvSTR-; v-STR+r; v-STR tvSTR-; v-STR+r; v-STR tvSTR-; v-STR+r; v-STR
	dSHI2l; dPORTALg dSHI2l; dPORTALg dSHI2+lr dSHI2r; dPORTALg dSHI2r; dPORTALg dSTR
	hdNULl CSTRa@g; hNULm CSTRa@g; hNULm	Bridge to Emirates Stadium
Drayton Park	STR2
Victoria line	STR+4	Canonbury Curve
File:Overground roundel (no text).svg North London line	CONTgq umtKRZ tKRZ eSPLa+r tSTRa
	utBHF-L; HUBaq utBHF-L; HUBaq tBHF-R; HUBq vKBHFxa-BHF; HUBq tSTR; HUBe@gq	Highbury & Islington File:Overground roundel (no text).svg
Victoria line	utSTR3; ulCONTf3 utSTR3; ulCONTf3 tSTR vSTR; STRc2 vSTR; STRc2 STR3; PORTALg STR3; PORTALg
Northern City Line	tSTR3; lCONTf3 tSTR3; lCONTf3 vSTR; v-STR+1 vSTR; v-STR+1 STRc4
	vBHF	Canonbury File:Overground roundel (no text).svg
	STRc2 vSTR3-; v-STR vSTR3-; v-STR
File:Overground roundel (no text).svg Dalston Junction	BHF3+1; lBHF-Rq; HUBrg BHF3+1; lBHF-Rq; HUBrg BHF; HUBeq BHF; HUBeq	Dalston Kingsland File:Overground roundel (no text).svg
File:Overground roundel (no text).svg East London Line	dCONTgq KBHFxeq; lBHF-Lq; STRc4; HUBe KBHFxeq; lBHF-Lq; STRc4; HUBe KBHFxeq; lBHF-Lq; STRc4; HUBe KBHFxeq; lBHF-Lq; STRc4; HUBe excSTRq eABZg+r
	CONTf	North London line File:Overground roundel (no text).svg

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Plan of Deep platforms at Highbury & Islington showing changes for the opening of the Victoria Line

Future

The North London Line reopened on 1 June 2010; however, the East London Line platforms did not open until March 2011.

Islington Council is currently considering redeveloping the site of the current station, and Highbury Corner generally, including possibly covering over the North London Line tracks and building an office block above the site..

Victoria line (London Underground)

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Northbound looking south
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Southbound looking north
Platform roundel

Great Northern (First Capital Connect)

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Northbound looking south
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Southbound looking north
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Platform signage in the Network Southeast style from the 1980s
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Tunnel signage in the style of the previous franchisee, WAGN

North London Line (London Overground)

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Platforms looking east. Tracks here are third rail DC electrified.
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Platforms looking west
Highbury & Islington stn Overground signage.JPG

Platform signage, as of summer 2008
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"Special use" platform 7 looking east. This track, AC electrified, is normally used by freight trains, and therefore sees no normal passenger use.

Highbury & Islington Station Media

The Horne station building, pictured in 1873
Former entrance to Highbury station, built by the GN&CR (the deep-level route now used by First Capital Connect) in 1904. This building is the other side of the road from the modern entrance.
A wide shot of the 1960s entrance to Highbury & Islington station, taken on Christmas Day 2023 when the network including the station was closed.
London Overground Class 378 in 2019
Great Northern Class 313 in 2017

References

↑ "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

Other websites

Preceding station	File:Underground (no text).svg London Underground	Following station
King's Cross St. Pancras towards Brixton	Victoria line	Finsbury Park towards Walthamstow Central
National Rail London Overground
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury towards Richmond or Clapham Junction	North London Line	Canonbury towards Stratford
National Rail
Essex Road	First Capital Connect Northern City Line Monday-Friday only	Drayton Park
	From Early 2011
Terminus	London Overground East London Line	Canonbury

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[silverlink-1] "Safety boost as London Underground to take control of 11 Silverlink stations". Transport for London. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

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