Drayton Park railway station

Drayton Park is a railway station in the London Borough of Islington, part of the London Borough of Islington. He is on the Northern City Line in Travelcard Zone 2, at the Drayton Park Road. It suburban trains run by First Capital Connect. Like all stations on the Northern City Line is also Drayton Park closed on weekends. In 2011 there were 0.478 million passengers the station. In the immediate vicinity is the Emirates Stadium.

History

Was opened the station on February 14, 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway ( GN & CR) at the junction between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. With the exception of the station Drayton Park and a former vaults that reside in a deep cut, the track was underground. About the new route should be approached directly in the City of London Quick and suburban trains of the Great Northern Railway, which is why the clearance profile of the tunnel was much wider than in the metros. From 1913 to 1933, the track was part of the Metropolitan line, after the nationalization of an independently operated branch line of the Northern Line.

Although the Victoria Line does not stop in Drayton Park, had the construction of the new metro line a large impact on the operation of the station. The tunnel section north of Drayton Park was closed on October 3, 1964 to allow the construction of the new subway station Finsbury Park. For eleven years was Drayton Park, the northern terminus of the Northern City Line. On 4 October 1975, the entire route was temporarily decommissioned and transferred to the state railway company British Rail. On August 8, 1976, the re- opening of the station Drayton Park, exactly three months later the entire route between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. After the privatization of British Rail in 1994 WAGN took over the company, since April 1, 2006, First Capital Connect responsibility.