Southgate tube station

Southgate is an underground station of the London Underground in the London Borough of Enfield. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 4 under the Southgate Circus, a large roundabout. In the year 2011 there were 4.91 million passengers these from the Piccadilly Line station.

The opening of the station on on March 13, 1933. Like all stations in the northern part of the Piccadilly Line has also been designed by Charles Holden this. Southgate is seen as a particularly successful example of the Art Deco style. The station building is circular and partially surrounded by a shopping arcade. There is brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Extends above the roof, a light-emitting element up that is similar to a Tesla coil. The two lifts have still originating from the 1930s, lighting, wall tiles have a predominantly bronze coloring on. In the late 1990s concluded to one of three inputs in order to set up an additional switch can house. From the platforms from the northern end of the tunnel is visible.

Since 1971, the building is a listed building. First, it had the protection level Grade II, in 2009 this was increased because of the superior architectural significance to Grade II *. 2008, a comprehensive renovation.