Crouch End railway station served the suburb of Crouch End, in north London, England, between 1867 and 1954. It lay between Stroud Green and Highgate stations on Crouch End Hill, just north of its junction with Hornsey Lane. The station building was located on the road bridge over the railway, but only small parts remain of the structure today.
Works to modernise the track began in the late 1930s; they were well advanced when they were interrupted and halted by the Second World War. Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and Mill Hill East and that section was incorporated into the Northern line between 1939 and 1941. Further works on the section between Finsbury Park, Highgate and Alexandra Palace were postponed, and the line continued under the operation of the LNER. Services were reduced to rush hour operation only, due to wartime economies, so that dwindling passenger numbers and a shortage of funds led to the cancellation of the unfinished works in 1950.
British Railways (the successor to the LNER) closed the line temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952;[3] it closed all stations on the line to passenger services (except Finsbury Park) after the last train on 3 July 1954.[2]
The line continued to be used for goods into the 1960s and by London Underground for train stock movements until September 1970; it was completely closed on 5 October 1970.[2]
The track has been removed and the station buildings have been demolished, but the platforms remain in situ.[2] Most of the track bed between Muswell Hill and Finsbury Park is now a rail trail, called the Parkland Walk.[4]
References
↑Quick, M.E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p.143. OCLC931112387.
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