Caledonian Road tube station

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Caledonian Road
London Underground
Caledonian Road stn building.JPG
Caledonian Road is located in Greater London
Caledonian Road

Location of Caledonian Road in Greater London
Location Holloway
Local authority Islington
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access [1]
Fare zone 2

London Underground annual entry and exit
2008 Decrease 4.930 million[2]
2009 Increase 5.083 million[3]
2010 Increase 5.090 million[4]

Original company Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
15 December 1906 Station opened

Lists of stations

Portal icon London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°32′54″N 0°07′07″W / 51.5483°N 0.1186°W / 51.5483; -0.1186

Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Holloway Road, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

Caledonian Road station is located on Caledonian Road in Holloway, north London. The station continues to use lifts, never having been upgraded to escalators. Unusually for stations of its era, the lifts descend directly to platform level with no secondary staircases. In recent times this has meant that the station is now advertised as "Step Free" on line maps without rebuilding work taking place. The station is a Grade II listed building.[5]

The next southbound station from Caledonian Road was originally York Road. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains.

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Service Pattern[edit]

The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:

Transport and local connections[edit]

London Buses routes 17, 91 and 259 serve the station. Route 274 stops close by.

Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station on the North London Line is about half a mile to the south.

The station is close to Pentonville Prison and Caledonian Park, the site of the former Victorian Metropolitan Cattle Market, is a short distance away on Market Road.

See also[edit]

  • Leslie Green - architect of stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

Gallery[edit]

Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
Piccadilly line
towards Cockfosters
    Former Route    
Piccadilly line
towards Cockfosters

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide". Transport for London. December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  2. ^ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2008". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  3. ^ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2009". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  4. ^ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2010". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  5. ^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2011.