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Zone 2 Station

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Blown up in the second world war, rebuilt (badly) from scratch. In the mornings, the entrance is often blocked by the lines of people using the ticket machines. There's often one of the ribbon barriers, but as nobody in the UK has a convention about which side of the pavement to walk on, it usually ends up with people going both directions on both sides of it.

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There are three ticket hall windows, two on the main hall and one on the \"inside\" of the barriers, presumably for passengers from the North London Line, which has plenty of unmanned stations. There's also the usual crop of ticket machines.

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Recently the approach to the station was repaved. It's a bit better now, with nice blue lights. There's often a coffee shop and crepe (and burger) just outside the station entrance.

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The old station is still over the road. It looks much nicer.

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Lines Served

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Victoria LineSouth\"<---\"King's Cross St Pancras\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"Finsbury Park\"--->\"North
GN Electrics LineSouth\"<---\"Essex Road\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"Drayton Park\"--->\"North
Silverlink North London LineWest\"<---\"Caledonian Road And Barnsbury\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"Canonbury\"--->\"East

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Interchanges

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There are cross platform interchanges between the Victoria Line and the GN Electrics Line

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Interesting facts

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Station Information / Journey Planner: Highbury and Islington

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\n\nBlown up in the second world war, rebuilt (badly) from scratch. In the mornings, the entrance is often blocked by the lines of people using the ticket machines. There's often one of the ribbon barriers, but as nobody in the UK has a convention about which side of the pavement to walk on, it usually ends up with people going both directions on both sides of it.\n\nThere are three ticket hall windows, two on the main hall and one on the \"inside\" of the barriers, presumably for passengers from the [[Silverlink North London Line|North London Line]], which has plenty of unmanned stations. There's also the usual crop of ticket machines.\n\nRecently the approach to the station was repaved. It's a bit better now, with nice blue lights. There's often a coffee shop and crepe (and burger) just outside the station entrance.\n\nThe old station is still over the road. It looks much nicer.\n\n==== Lines Served ====\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
[[Victoria Line]]South\"<---\"[[King's Cross St. Pancras Station|King's Cross St Pancras]]\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"[[Finsbury Park Station|Finsbury Park]]\"--->\"North
[[GN Electrics Line]]South\"<---\"[[Essex Road Station|Essex Road]]\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"[[Drayton Park Station|Drayton Park]]\"--->\"North
[[Silverlink North London Line]]West\"<---\"[[Caledonian Road And Barnsbury Station|Caledonian Road And Barnsbury]]\"<---\"Highbury and Islington Station\"--->\"[[Canonbury Station|Canonbury]]\"--->\"East
\n\n==== Interchanges ====\n\nThere are [[cross platform interchanges]] between the [[Victoria Line]] and the [[GN Electrics Line]]\n\n==== Interesting facts ====\n\n* That news stand has been there, in one form or another, for a hundred years or so.\n* The White Swan pub nearby is named after the old pub that used to be where the station now is.\n* (Not for the squeamish) A colony of rats lives under the Silverlink (overground) platforms\n\nStation Information / Journey Planner: [http://www.tubeplanner.com/cgi-bin/station/show_station.pl?station=Highbury%20&%20Islington Highbury and Islington]\n----\n","longitude":"-0.102333","latitude":"51.545510","os_y":"184717","username":"Kake","fax":"","node_image":"","categories":["Tube"]}