The station was built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway and opened on 22 August 1867. The line ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Highgate with branches to Alexandra Palace and High Barnet. After the 1921 Railways Act created the Big Fourrailway companies, the line was, from 1923, part of the London & North Eastern Railway. In 1935 London Underground planned, as part of its "" to take over the line from LNER, modernise it for use with electric trains and amalgamate it with the Northern line. Works to modernise the track began in the late 1930s and were well advanced when they were interrupted and halted by the Second 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 closed the line temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952,. With dwindling passenger numbers the station was closed by British 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 6 October 1970 when it was completely closed. Today the track has been removed and the station buildings have been demolished but the platforms remain in situ. The track bed between Muswell Hill and Finsbury Park is now the Parkland Walk. Image:Crouch End Station Remains.jpg|Remains of station platforms Image:Extract of 1900 Map showing Edgware Highgate and London Railway.png|Edgware Highgate & London Railway, 1900 Image:Crouch End station building circa 1910.jpg|The station building in c.1910 File:Crouch End station geograph-3091113-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|Entrance to former Crouch End station in 1984
