Highbury & Islington station

Highbury & Islington
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, 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.

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Finsbury Park to Highbury & Islington to Dalston

Legend

					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					Canonbury Curve
North London line
					Highbury & Islington
Victoria line
Northern City Line
					Canonbury

Dalston Junction					Dalston Kingsland
East London Line
					North London line

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)

Northbound looking south
Southbound looking north
Platform roundel

Great Northern (First Capital Connect)

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

North London Line (London Overground)

Platforms looking east. Tracks here are third rail DC electrified.
Platforms looking west
Platform signage, as of summer 2008
"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	London Underground	Following station
King's Cross St. Pancras towards Brixton	Victoria line	Finsbury Park towards Walthamstow Central
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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