Hornsey railway station


Hornsey railway station is in Hornsey in the London Borough of Haringey, north London. It is on the Great Northern Route that forms part of the East Coast Main Line, down the line from, and is situated between to the south and to the north.
It is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is managed by Great Northern on behalf of Network Rail, and is adjacent to the Hornsey train maintenance depot. It was built in 1850 on the Great Northern Railway.

History

The station was opened on 7 August 1850 by the Great Northern Railway, the same day that the main line between and London was opened.
Under plans approved in 1897, the station was to be served by the Great Northern and Strand Railway, a tube railway supported by the GNR which would have run underground beneath the GNR's tracks from to 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 by Charles Yerkes' consortium which planned to merge it with the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway to form the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith.

Service

Hornsey currently has the following National Rail services off-peak typically formed of Class 717 units:
Weekday services
Weekend services:
No National Rail trains operated to Moorgate at weekends or after 10pm prior to the December 2015 timetable change, instead being diverted to King's Cross. Franchise operator Great Northern introduced late night & weekend services to the Moorgate branch from 13 December 2015. Only a small number of late night and early morning trains to/from Kings Cross now stop here.

Connections