Information |
Type: |
National Rail &
Transport for London |
Station codes: |
HHY (National Rail)
ZHI (TfL) |
Opened: |
1872 |
Highbury & Islington is typical of a number of London stations which have grown in size and complexity over the years as new lines have reached them.
The original station on the site was operated by the North London Railway, later a new station adjacent to it was built by the Great Northern & City Railway, later operated by the Metropolitan Railway and then British Rail. The new Victoria Line reached the station in the late 1960s which was when the current station building was built.
Nowadays the station has 8 platforms and is served by the Victoria Line, London Overground and Great Northern. The station, which is managed by TfL, is a busy one with nearly 20 million passengers a year on the National Rail platforms and not much less on the Underground.
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London Overground 378 232 on platform 7 |
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Platforms 7 and 2, sure it makes sense |
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Leaf blowing train passes through behind 66 724 |
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Freight also passes through the station, here a container train behind 90 043 |