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==Transport connections==
==Transport connections==
A free bus service for [[Middlesex University]] students to the nearby [[Trent Park]] campus runs from the station.
A free bus service for [[Middlesex University]] students to the nearby [[Trent Park]] campus runs from the station. Public buses also run from outside the station - 307 to Barnet, Arkly Hotel, 121 to Enfield Lock and 377 to Ponders End bus garage.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 23:45, 25 April 2009

Oakwood Disabled access
LocationOakwood
Local authorityEnfield
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
London Underground annual entry and exit
20062.353 million
20072.612 million[1]
Other information
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Oakwood is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line. It is the second most northerly station, between Southgate and Cockfosters stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station is on the edge of the Oakwood area of Enfield (N14) and is situated at the junction of Bramley Road (A110) and Chase Road (the other end of Chase Road is close to Southgate tube station).

History

The station opened on 13 March 1933 as part of the Cockfosters extension.[2] The station did not appear on the original plans to extend the Piccadilly line beyond Finsbury Park - the original plan only provided for seven additional stations. When the station opened in 1933 a commemorative bronze plate with the inscription "This station is the highest point in Europe in a direct line west of the Ural Mountains" was fixed to the booking hall wall by a Mr H Youden, the youngest apprentice on the site at the time.[citation needed]

The station building is a fine example of the architecture Charles Holden built for the Piccadilly Line extensions, with a large and imposing box-shaped ticket hall surrounded by lower structures containing shops. Mirroring proportions found in classical architecture, albeit in a distinctly 20th century structure, the dimensions of the ticket hall are approximately a "double-cube" (its front elevation is roughly twice its height and width). The station is similar to Holden's slightly earlier designs for Sudbury Town and Acton Town stations at the western end of Piccadilly Line. Oakwood Station is a Grade II listed building.

Like other extensions of the London Underground lines elsewhere, the opening of the Cockfosters extension stimulated the rapid development of new suburbs and much of the open countryside that had existed in 1930 when construction started was quickly covered by new housing developments.

2006/2007 Upgrade

In early October 2006 to December 2007, the station underwent an upgrade as part of London Underground's £10billion upgrade to the whole of the London Underground Network. As part of the upgrade, a new lift was installed to provide step free access to the platforms. The Public Address system was also upgraded, with new information indicators installed on the platforms and inside the ticket hall. In addition 27 new CCTV cameras were installed in the station bringing the total number of CCTV cameras to 29.

Station name

Prior to its opening the London Electric Railway Company (forerunner of London Underground) suggested names for the station including Oakwood, Merryhills and East Barnet but the station was named Enfield West at opening and renamed Enfield West (Oakwood) the following year.[3]

The station was located in the area of Southgate Council and, following protests from the council, the station was eventually renamed to Oakwood on 1 September 1946.[4][3]

Oakwood has the highest vowel-consonant ratio of any tube station. At 4/7 it is better in this regard than Maida Vale, the only other tube station with more vowels than consonants.

Operations

Currently a few trains in the early morning and late evening enter/leave service at Oakwood, from Cockfosters Depot (which has an entrance point north of Oakwood station). There is additionally a crossover for trains to reverse, and the possibility of an extra platform built using an existing siding has been mooted to provide extra peak-hour reversing capacity.

Transport connections

A free bus service for Middlesex University students to the nearby Trent Park campus runs from the station. Public buses also run from outside the station - 307 to Barnet, Arkly Hotel, 121 to Enfield Lock and 377 to Ponders End bus garage.

  • Platforms looking south ("westbound" direction). Visible on far right is a siding from Cockfosters depot (to the north).
    Platforms looking south ("westbound" direction). Visible on far right is a siding from Cockfosters depot (to the north).
  • Platforms looking north ("eastbound" direction)
    Platforms looking north ("eastbound" direction)
  • Platform roundel
    Platform roundel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
  3. ^ a b Harris, Cyril M. (2006) [1977]. What's in a name?. Capital Transport. p. 53. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
  4. ^ Wolmar, Christian. "Reaching Out". The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. p. 229. ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
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