| Crouch End | |
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 The site of Crouch End station building in 2010 | |
  Crouch End Location of Crouch End in Greater London | |
| Location | Crouch End |
| Local authority | Haringey |
| Owner | |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1867 (1867) | Opened |
| 29 October 1951 | closed |
| 7 January 1952 | open |
| 5 July 1954 | Permanently closed[1] |
| Replaced by | none |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°34′27″N0°07′37″W / 51.57411°N 0.12692°W /51.57411; -0.12692 |
 London transport portal | |
Crouch End railway station is a former station in theCrouch End area of northLondon. It was located betweenStroud Green station andHighgate station onCrouch End Hill just north of its junction with Hornsey Lane. The station building was located on the road bridge over the railway but only small parts remain of the structure today.
The station was built by theEdgware, Highgate and London Railway and opened on 22 August 1867. The line ran fromFinsbury Park toEdgware viaHighgate with branches toAlexandra Palace andHigh Barnet. After theRailways Act 1921 created theBig Four railway companies, the line was, from 1923, part of theLondon & North Eastern Railway (LNER).
In 1935London Underground planned, as part of its "New Works Programme" to take over the line from LNER, modernise it for use with electric trains and amalgamate it with theNorthern line.
Works to modernise the track began in the late 1930s and were well advanced when they were interrupted and halted by theSecond World War. Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and Mill Hill East and that section was incorporated into the Northern line between 1939 and 1941. Further works on the section between Finsbury Park, Highgate and Alexandra Palace were postponed and the line continued under the operation of the LNER. Because of wartime economies services were reduced to rush hours only, so that after the war the dwindling passenger numbers and a shortage of funds led to the cancellation of the unfinished works in 1950.British Railways (the successor to the LNER) closed the line temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952.[2] With dwindling passenger numbers the station was closed byBritish Railways after the last train on 3 July 1954 along with the rest of the line between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace.
The line continued to be used for goods into the 1960s and by London Underground for train stock movements until September 1970 and was completely closed on 5 October 1970. Today the track has been removed and the station buildings have been demolished but the platforms remain in situ. Most of the track bed betweenMuswell Hill and Finsbury Park is now theParkland Walk.
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| Highgate Line closed, station partly open | British Railways (Eastern Region) Edgware, Highgate and London Railway | Stroud Green Line and station closed | ||
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| Highgate | Northern line | Stroud Green towardsMoorgate | ||
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