| 词条 | Essex Road railway station | |||
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| name = Essex Road |symbol=rail | image_name =File:Station building Essex Road - 16 March 2017.jpg | caption=Entrance on Canonbury Road | manager = Great Northern | owner = Network Rail | fare_zone = 2 | dft_category = E | locale = Canonbury | borough = London Borough of Islington | years1 = 1904 | years2 = 1975 | years3 = 1976 | events1 = Opened (GN&CR) | events2 = Closed (Northern City Line) | events3 = Opened (British Rail City Line) | platforms=2
Essex Road is a National Rail station in Canonbury in Greater London, England, and is on the Northern City Line between {{LUL stations|station=Old Street}} and {{LUL stations|station=Highbury & Islington}}, {{convert|1|mi|59|chain|km}} down the line from {{stn|Moorgate}}, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is at the junction of Essex Road, Canonbury Road and New North Road, with the present entrance on Canonbury Road. Operated by Great Northern, it is the only deep-level underground station in London served solely by National Rail trains. Between 1933 and 1975 the station was operated as part of the London Underground, as a short branch of the Northern line. Between 1922 and 1948 the station name was Canonbury & Essex Road. The name reverted to the original form in 1948. HistoryThe station was opened on 14 February 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground route between the Great Northern Railway (GNR) station at Finsbury Park and the Metropolitan Railway (MR) and City & South London Railway (C&SLR) station at Moorgate in the City of London. The GN&CR was intended to carry main line trains and the tunnels were constructed with a larger diameter (16 ft/4.9 m) than the other deep tube railways being built at that time (roughly 11 to 12 ft/3.4 m to 3.7 m). From 1913 the MR took control of the GN&CR and ran it under its own name until it became part of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933. In preparation for the LPTB's "Northern Heights" plan the line was transferred to the control of the Morden-Edgware Line (now the Northern line). The Northern Heights plan involved the building of a connection to the surface platforms at Finsbury Park and the transfer of a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) branch from there to {{Stnlnk|Edgware}}, {{LUL stations|station=High Barnet}} and Alexandra Palace. By 1939 much of the work for the connection of the lines had been done and the opening of the connection was scheduled for autumn 1940 but the start of World War II put a halt to further construction. After the war the uncompleted parts of the plan were cancelled and Northern line trains continued to run to Finsbury Park on what became known as the Northern City Line or, from 1970, the Northern line Highbury Branch. The station was, from the early 1960s, closed on Sundays. In the 1970s it was also closed on Saturdays. The Northern City Line was closed on 4 October 1975 (due to its weekend closure, Essex Road closed the day before) and ceased to be part of the London Underground. The line was transferred to British Rail (BR) and the unused connection between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park from the cancelled Northern Heights plan finally received the tracks to connect the line to the surface platforms at {{LUL stations|station=Finsbury Park}}. On 8 August 1976, the City Line reopened as part of the BR network with main line size trains running to {{LUL stations|station=Old Street}}. On 8 November 1976, seventy-two years after the GN&CR first opened, the line was opened fully for main line trains from Moorgate to Finsbury Park and beyond as had been originally intended. By comparison with other underground stations built at the beginning of the 20th century, the station's surface building is nondescript and unremarkable. Unlike many other central London underground stations, Essex Road was never modernised with escalators and access to the platforms is by lift or a spiral staircase. The station also lacks the automatic ticket gates present at most London Underground and many National Rail stations. At the lower level the lifts and staircase (of 157 steps) are connected to the platforms via a passageway and a short staircase rising between the two tunnels. The Underground's former operation of the station is evident from the unused and rusty fourth rail which once provided a return of the current from the tube trains serving the line. The third rail is still in use, with return now through the running rails. Until December 2018, signs at street and platform level still referenced Network SouthEast, even though it is now Great Northern that manage and serve this station. ServicesEssex Road currently has the following National Rail services off-peak Monday - Friday (all operated by Great Northern):[1]
At the weekends:
In peak hours, there is a service approximately every 4–15 minutes until 10:00 and again after 16:00, until the end of service. Peak service variations on the Hertford Loop see certain trains start/terminate at {{rws|Gordon Hill}} or Stevenage, others on both lines skip certain stations (e.g. Harringay and Hornsey). ConnectionsLondon Buses routes 38, 56, 73, 271, 341 and 476 and night routes N38 and N73 serve the station. FutureGreat Northern have introduced a weekend service.[2]It is planned that by the end of 2019, once the connection between the East Coast Main Line, and the Thameslink route is completed, new rolling stock will be introduced. Essex Road was a station on the proposed Chelsea-Hackney line. However, the scheme currently being pursued by the developers of Crossrail, known as Crossrail 2, does not provide for an interchange at Essex Road.[3] Gallery{{Commons category|Essex Road railway station}}{{Commons category|Essex Road, London}}References1. ^{{NRtimes|May 2016|24}} 2. ^{{cite press release |url=http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/about-us/news/seven-day-a-week-service-to-the-city-better-for-late-returning-commuters-and-weekend-shoppers/ |title=Seven-day-a-week service to the City better for late-returning commuters and weekend shoppers |publisher=Govia Thameslink Railway |date=5 November 2015 |accessdate=15 November 2015 }} 3. ^Crossrail Chelsea-Hackney: Downloads {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919114325/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/library |date=19 September 2009 }} External links{{stn art lnk|EXR|N12SU}}
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