Talk:Highbury & Islington station

Historic Site?
Would this station be the location of the "Clapton is God" graffiti? I think it's historic enough to mention. AznWarlord 4:20 pm, 27 September 2007 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 20:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Future
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 * "... the former station of the North London line on the opposite side of the A1 has been partially renovated for that purpose."

Is there a source for this suggestion? Although the building has recently been cleaned-up and redecorated, there would seem to be some problems with it being used in conjunction with the extension of the East London Line: DavidCane 01:28, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) The old GN&CR building is on the wrong side of Holloway Road.
 * 2) There is no connection between the GN&CR building and the North London Line platforms which the East London Line will share. The GN&CR station originally had lifts to the deep tube platforms.
 * 3) It would be next to impossible to put a subway under Holloway Road between the station buildings because of services in the street and the location of the escalator shafts down to the deep tube platforms.

I agree - this seems unlikely, and I think might have been speculation by the original poster. I do wonder why that entrance was smartened up a couple of years ago. The only possible reason I can see for opening up this entrance would be to deal with the increased numbers of people using the station to get to the new Arensal stadium on matchdays. However, renovating the lifts down to the deep tube platforms would presumably be very expensive. --195.12.230.130 14:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Re-opening the old Tube exit would make sense as part of the ELL extension work - it would take pressure off the (already overcrowded in the peaks) main ticket office, by keeping Victoria and Northern City line commuters who are going to Islington (rather than changing trains) out of the main passenger flow. It could also fit with TfL's goal of providing greater step-free access, although not sure how you'd achieve that at platform level. I've seen the possibility mentioned elsewhere, but not by anyone official. As a result, I've toned the language down to "it has been suggested..."; hope this is OK with people. I've also raised the question in a couple of railway forums and will update the article if these throw up anything more concrete --Stalinism 15:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Accident
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5160516.stm

There apparently was a murder at this station July 8, 2006. Not sure if it is noteworthy or not for the purpose of this article.

Original station building
There's a scan of an engraving of the old station building here http://www.bmh54.freeuk.com/places/islington/highbury_and_islington.jpg It shows the victorian gothic design in all its glory - what a contrast to the lean-to we now have. Can we include a link to it?

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Seven platforms in use
What uses the northern platform of the NLL? It seems to have white and yellow edge markings but has overhead supply, not third rail as the other two.--SilasW (talk) 16:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * At one time there would have been two tracks (latterly used by frieght trains) and two platforms. I think when freight lines were electrified with 25kV AC overhead, the two tracks were reduced to one to ensure that the overhead line supports could fit in the limited space - and the 'spare' platform was probably rebuilt to match an altered track alignment. I think it's a 'standby' platform, used when engineeering work etc closes the DC lines. The dual-voltage Class 313 trains used on that route mean that a service can still be provided on the AC line. DrFrench (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * As you say its typically used when there is a problem on the line. The platform can be used by trains in both directions but trains that use it cannot stop at the stations on either side of Highbury & Islington as Canonbury and Caledonian Road & Brondesbury do not have platforms for that line. --DavidCane (talk) 21:48, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Opening date
The opening date is not correct here. According to, Highbury & Islington opened as Highbury on the City & Great Northern Line at a much earlier date of 1850, although it seems there were separate stations on different lines until they were almalgamated to the current one. Simply south (talk) 11:04, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Pictures &c
Even tho several lines have stations/platforms here, to have a dozen uninspiring pictures seems rather excessive. The overlap of the station track layout plan and the RTD needs attention--SilasW (talk) 12:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Photo requests
I think the following might be very useful in the article if anyone can take or find them, please:


 * The station frontage in its current form. The photo in the article at the moment is well out of date.


 * Some of the old building detail (ornamental stonework etc) which survives to the extreme L of the entrance. We mention it, so a photo would be a nice touch.

Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:41, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

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