Woodside Park | |
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  Woodside Park Location of Woodside Park in Greater London | |
| Location | Woodside Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Barnet |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Station code | WOP[4] |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  1.96 million[5] |
| 2021 |  2.02 million[6] |
| 2022 | 3.47 million[7] |
| 2023 | 3.66 million[8] |
| 2024 | 3.23 million[9] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Edgware, Highgate and London Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1872 | Opened byEH&LR asTorrington Park[1] |
| 1872 | Renamed asTorrington Park, Woodside[1] |
| 1882 | Renamed asWoodside Park[1][2] |
| 14 April 1940 | Northern line services started |
| 1941 | LNER services ended |
| 1 October 1962 | Goods yard closed[3] |
| Other information | |
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| Coordinates | 51°37′05″N0°11′08″W / 51.61806°N 0.18556°W /51.61806; -0.18556 |
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Woodside Park is aLondon Underground station inWoodside Park,North London, England. It is on theHigh Barnet branch of theNorthern line betweenTotteridge & Whetstone andWest Finchley stations, and is located inLondon fare zone 4. Woodside Park is the last station in an alphabetical list of London Underground stations.
Woodside Park station was planned by theEdgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened asTorrington Park on 1 April 1872 by theGreat Northern Railway[1] (which had taken over the EH&LR).[10] The station was on a branch of a line that ran fromFinsbury Park toEdgware viaHighgate. The station was renamed within a month of opening, and again in 1882.[1][2]
After theRailways Act 1921 created theBig Four railway companies the line was, from 1923, part of theLondon & North Eastern Railway (LNER). The section of the High Barnet branch north ofEast Finchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through theNorthern Heights project begun in the late 1930s. The station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940[11] and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941.[10] The station still retains much of its originalVictorian architectural character today.
British Railways (the successor to the LNER) freight trains continued to serve the station's goods yard until 1 October 1962, when it was closed.[3]
TheProvisional IRA exploded a bomb at the station's car park on 10 December 1992, during the afternoon rush hour. Commuters and residents were evacuated, though no-one was injured. The station is close to theInglis Barracks, where a British soldier was killed by an IRA bombing in 1988.[12]
London Buses route 383 serves the station.
The station has a large adjacent area, originally for storing coal and now used as a car park. Until about 2000, there was a second car park.[citation needed] A block of flats has now been built on this area.
The station is above ground. Both platforms are readily accessible from the street by wheelchair. The main entrance, with ticket office, is at the end of acul-de-sac (Woodside Park Road), adjacent to the car park entrance. This leads on to the southbound platform. AVictorianpost box is set into the front wall of the station.
The entrance leading on to the northbound platform is at the end of Station Road, a turning off Holden Road.
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