Hornsey | |
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.jpg) The southbound platform of the station and adjacentTMD. | |
  Hornsey Location of Hornsey in Greater London | |
| Location | Hornsey |
| Local authority | London Borough of Haringey |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Station code | HRN |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  1.560 million[1] |
| 2020–21 | 0.430 million[1] |
| 2021–22 |  0.991 million[1] |
| 2022–23 | 1.315 million[1] |
| 2023–24 | 1.500 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1850 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°35′10″N0°06′42″W / 51.5862°N 0.1116°W /51.5862; -0.1116 |
 London transport portal | |
Hornsey railway station is inHornsey in theLondon Borough of Haringey, north London. It is on theGreat Northern route that forms part of theEast Coast Main Line, 4 miles 4 chains (6.5 km) down the line fromLondon King's Cross, and is situated betweenHarringay to the south andAlexandra Palace to the north.[2]
It is inLondon fare zone 3. The station is managed byGreat Northern on behalf ofNetwork Rail, and is adjacent to theHornsey train maintenance depot. It was built in 1850 on theGreat Northern Railway.
The station was opened on 7 August 1850 by theGreat Northern Railway (GNR),[3] the same day that the main line betweenPeterborough and London (Maiden Lane) was opened.[4] It was the first station on the line after King's Cross. Later in the century, maintenance sidings were established on both the up and down sides.
Under plans approved in 1897, the station was to be served by theGreat Northern and Strand Railway (GN&SR), a tube railway supported by the GNR which would have run underground beneath the GNR's tracks fromAlexandra Palace toFinsbury Park and then into central London. The GN&SR stations on each side would have been the same as the main line stations. The GN&SR route and stations north of Finsbury Park were cancelled in 1902 when the GN&SR was taken over byCharles Yerkes' consortium which planned to merge it with theBrompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway to form theGreat Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway from Finsbury Park toHammersmith (now part of theLondon Underground'sPiccadilly line).[5]
All services at Hornsey are operated byGreat Northern usingClass 717EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]
During weekday peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between Moorgate and Hertford North, and the service between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City is increased to 4 tph. The station is also served by a small number of peak-hour services between Moorgate andGordon Hill.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Great Northern Stopping Services | ||||
| Abandoned Plans | ||||
| Preceding station | LUL | Following station | ||
| Harringay towardsStrand | Great Northern & Strand | Alexandra Palace Terminus | ||
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