Cockfosters tube station

Cockfosters is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Enfield, a few meters away from the border of the London Borough of Barnet. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 5 on the Cockfosters Road and is the northeastern terminus of the Piccadilly Line. In 2011, 1.72 million passengers used the station.

The opening of the station took place on 31 July 1933., Like the other stations in the northern part of the Piccadilly Line also those of Charles Holden has been designed in a modernist style. Predominant building materials are brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Holden had originally planned to build two additional towers, but eventually decided against making Cockfosters has failed far simpler than, for example, Oakwood. Since 1987, the building is a listed building (Grade II).

The station has three tracks covered, the middle of two sides is accessible ( Spanish solution). Although Cockfosters for most trains on the Piccadilly Line terminus, but some are already applying in Arnos Grove, especially during rush hour and in the evening. East of the station is one of the two main workshops of the Piccadilly Line with a parking area. By the pedestrian tunnel to the station leads the London Outer Orbital Path, a 240 km long trail around Greater London.