Archway tube station
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Archway tube station is a London Underground
station in north London
, underneath the Archway Tower
, at the intersection of Holloway Road
, Highgate Hill and Junction Road
in the area known as Archway.
It is on the High Barnet branch
of the Northern Line
, between Highgate
and Tufnell Park
. It is in both Travelcard Zone 2
and fare zone 3
.
Originally named Highgate (although Archway Tavern had been proposed) the Leslie Green
designed station opened on 22 June 1907 and faced in Green's standard ox-blood glazed brick. It was opened as one of the northern terminals of what was then the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway
(CCE&HR).
In 1930 the station was upgraded with escalator
s to replace the original lifts
and the secondary entrance was replaced with a modern design by Charles Holden
, virtually identical to one he built at the same time at Hammersmith. Holden's station was replaced in the 1970s.
In 1939, the line was extended to Highgate, and later East Finchley
station as part of the New Works Programme. The station was renamed Highgate (Archway) (after the nearby high road bridge over Archway Road), then Archway (Highgate), before becoming simply Archway with the Highgate name being reassigned to the new station constructed beneath the London and North Eastern Railway
(LNER) surface station of the same name. The layout of the platforms and underground passenger areas still reflect the station's former role as a terminus.
The platform walls once featured the distinctive and elegantly simple tiling schemes used by Holden on the underground stations constructed at this time. Cream tiles were used throughout with the station name band formed of letter shaped tiles inset into a background of cream tiles incised to accept the lettering. Similar tiling schemes can be seen at the neighbouring Highgate
, as well as at Bethnal Green
and the stations on the tunnelled section of the Hainault
branch of the Central Line
(for example Gants Hill
). All were built in the late 1930s/early 1940s. The tiles at Archway were replaced several years ago during retiling works.
During the tunneling of the tunnel between Archway and Highgate, a major pipe was cut through and flooded the tunnel.
routes serve the station (frequencies are for Mon-Fri off peak, correct at 2 January
Night Buses:
Archway is the nearest tube station to Highgate Cemetery
.
Maps in London Overground
trains, but not London Underground maps, show the station as 450 m from Upper Holloway station
on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line
. Interchange within twenty minutes is allowed between the two stations.
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
station in north London
London
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, underneath the Archway Tower
Archway Tower
The Archway Tower, at 2 Junction Road, Archway, London, is a office building built over Archway tube station and was completed in 1963. Local opinion is divided on the tower, some finding it architecturally unattractive, while others welcome the fact that it brings employment to the area, as well...
, at the intersection of Holloway Road
Holloway Road
Holloway Road is a road in London. It is one of the main shopping streets in North London, and carries the A1 road as it passes through Holloway, in the London Borough of Islington...
, Highgate Hill and Junction Road
Junction Road
Junction Road is a road in north London between Archway tube station and Tufnell Park tube station ....
in the area known as Archway.
It is on the High Barnet branch
High Barnet tube station
High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station located in High Barnet in North London. The station is the terminus of the High Barnet branch of the Northern line and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is the northernmost station on the Northern line and is situated 10.2 miles north north-west...
of the Northern Line
Northern Line
The Northern line is a London Underground line. It is coloured black on the Tube map.For most of its length it is a deep-level tube line. The line carries 206,734,000 passengers per year. This is the highest number of any line on the London Underground system, but the Northern line is unique in...
, between Highgate
Highgate tube station
Highgate tube station is a London Underground station on Archway Road, Highgate, not far from Highgate Village in north London. It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Archway and East Finchley, in Travelcard Zone 3....
and Tufnell Park
Tufnell Park tube station
Tufnell Park tube station is a London Underground station in Islington close to its boundary with Camden . It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Archway and Kentish Town, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It has distinctive Edwardian red tiling and has two lifts between the street...
. It is in both Travelcard Zone 2
Travelcard Zone 2
Fare zone 2 is an inner zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and, since 2007, on National Rail services.-Background:...
and fare zone 3
Travelcard Zone 3
Fare zone 3 is a zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and, since 2007, on National Rail services...
.
Originally named Highgate (although Archway Tavern had been proposed) the Leslie Green
Leslie Green
Leslie William Green was an English architect known especially for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground railway system in central London during the first decade of the 20th century....
designed station opened on 22 June 1907 and faced in Green's standard ox-blood glazed brick. It was opened as one of the northern terminals of what was then the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway
Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway
The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway , also known as the Hampstead tube, was a railway company established in 1891 that constructed a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London. Construction of the CCE&HR was delayed for more than a decade whilst funding was sought...
(CCE&HR).
In 1930 the station was upgraded with escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
s to replace the original lifts
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
and the secondary entrance was replaced with a modern design by Charles Holden
Charles Holden
Charles Henry Holden, Litt. D., FRIBA, MRTPI, RDI was a Bolton-born English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the...
, virtually identical to one he built at the same time at Hammersmith. Holden's station was replaced in the 1970s.
In 1939, the line was extended to Highgate, and later East Finchley
East Finchley tube station
East Finchley is a London Underground station in East Finchley in north London. The station is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Highgate and Finchley Central stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.-History:...
station as part of the New Works Programme. The station was renamed Highgate (Archway) (after the nearby high road bridge over Archway Road), then Archway (Highgate), before becoming simply Archway with the Highgate name being reassigned to the new station constructed beneath the London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
(LNER) surface station of the same name. The layout of the platforms and underground passenger areas still reflect the station's former role as a terminus.
The platform walls once featured the distinctive and elegantly simple tiling schemes used by Holden on the underground stations constructed at this time. Cream tiles were used throughout with the station name band formed of letter shaped tiles inset into a background of cream tiles incised to accept the lettering. Similar tiling schemes can be seen at the neighbouring Highgate
Highgate tube station
Highgate tube station is a London Underground station on Archway Road, Highgate, not far from Highgate Village in north London. It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Archway and East Finchley, in Travelcard Zone 3....
, as well as at Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green tube station
Bethnal Green tube station is a station on the Central Line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, East London. It lies between Liverpool Street and Mile End stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. The station was opened as part of the long planned Central Line eastern extension on 4 December...
and the stations on the tunnelled section of the Hainault
Hainault
Hainault is an area in the London Borough of Redbridge in north east London. It is a suburban development located north east of Charing Cross...
branch of the Central Line
Central Line
The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
(for example Gants Hill
Gants Hill tube station
Gants Hill tube station is a London Underground station in Gants Hill, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is served by the Central Line and is in Zone 4. It is the easternmost station to be entirely below ground on the London Underground network....
). All were built in the late 1930s/early 1940s. The tiles at Archway were replaced several years ago during retiling works.
During the tunneling of the tunnel between Archway and Highgate, a major pipe was cut through and flooded the tunnel.
Transport links
The following London busLondon Buses
London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London that manages bus services within Greater London, UK. Buses are required to carry similar red colour schemes and conform to the same fare scheme...
routes serve the station (frequencies are for Mon-Fri off peak, correct at 2 January
- 4London Buses route 4London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Archway Station-Waterloo Station) every 10 minutes - 17London Buses route 17London Buses route 17 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Archway Station Junction Rd-London Bridge station) every 8 minutes - 41 (Archway Station-Tottenham Hale Station) every 5 minutes
- 43London Buses route 43London Buses route 43 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Friern Barnet Library-London Bridge Station) every 6–7 minutes - 134London Buses route 134London Buses route 134 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(North Finchley Tally Ho Corner-Tottenham Court Road Station) every 6 minutes - 143London Buses route 143London Buses route 143 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Archway Station-Brent Cross Shopping Centre) every 12 minutes - 210London Buses route 210London Buses route 210 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. This service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Brent Cross Shopping Centre-Finsbury Park Station) every 7–8 minutes - 263London Buses route 263London Buses route 263 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Archway Station-Barnet Hospital) every 10 minutes - 271London Buses route 271London Buses route 271 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(Highgate Village South Grove-Moorgate Finsbury SquareFinsbury SquareFinsbury Square is a square in central London. It was developed in 1777 on the site of a previous area of green space to the east of London known as Finsbury Fields, in the parish of St Luke's and near Moorfields. It is sited on the east side of City Road, opposite the east side of Bunhill Fields....
) every 8 minutes - 390 (Archway Station-Notting Hill Gate) every 8 minutes
- C11 (Archway Station-Brent Cross Shopping Centre) every 10 minutes
- W5 (Archway Station-Harringay Sainsbury's) every 12 minutes
Night Buses:
- N20 (Barnet Church-Trafalgar Square) every 30 minutes (12 minutes weekends) from 0034-0534
- N41 (Tottenham Hale Station-Trafalgar Square) every 30 minutes from 0028-0428
- 43London Buses route 43London Buses route 43 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(24-hour service, route as daytime) every 30 minutes from 0018-0418 - 134London Buses route 134London Buses route 134 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(24-hour service, route as daytime) every 15 minutes from 0018-0533 - 271London Buses route 271London Buses route 271 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...
(24-hour service, route as daytime) every 30 minutes from 0029-0529 - 390 (24-hour service, route as daytime) every 30 minutes from 0015-0500
Archway is the nearest tube station to Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a cemetery located in north London, England. It is designated Grade I on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It is divided into two parts, named the East and West cemetery....
.
Maps in London Overground
London Overground
London Overground is a suburban rail network in London and Hertfordshire. It has been operated by London Overground Rail Operations since 2007 as part of the National Rail network, under the franchise control and branding of Transport for London...
trains, but not London Underground maps, show the station as 450 m from Upper Holloway station
Upper Holloway railway station
Upper Holloway railway station is in Holloway, North London, near Archway . It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, between and . It is operated by London Overground, and the service is usually one train every 20 to 30 minutes in each direction...
on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line
Gospel Oak to Barking line
The Gospel Oak – Barking Line is a railway line in north and east London which connects Gospel Oak in North London and Barking in East London as part of the London Overground network. It is sometimes known as the Goblin , although this is a nickname rather than an official title...
. Interchange within twenty minutes is allowed between the two stations.
External links
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Archway station on Multimap
- Design drawing by Charles Holden and photograph, 1930s from Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsThe Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...