Finsbury Park station

Finsbury Park London Underground National Rail
Northbound view from Platform 5 as seen in
June 2012
Finsbury Park is located in Greater London
Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park
Location of Finsbury Park in Greater London
LocationFinsbury Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Islington
Managed byGreat Northern
London Underground
Station code(s)FPK
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms12 (8 National Rail,[1] 4 Underground)
AccessibleYes
Fare zone2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 33.40 million[2]
2020Decrease 15.82 million[3]
2021Decrease 14.05 million[4]
2022Increase 23.40 million[5]
2023Decrease 20.48 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 7.615 million[7]
– interchange Increase 2.988 million[7]
2019–20Increase 7.670 million[7]
– interchange Increase 3.810 million[7]
2020–21Decrease 2.014 million[7]
– interchange Decrease 0.669 million[7]
2021–22Increase 4.600 million[7]
– interchange Increase 1.901 million[7]
2022–23Increase 8.559 million[7]
– interchange Increase 3.360 million[7]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1850Tracks laid
1 July 1861Opened (GNR)
22 August 1867Opened (Edgware branch)
14 February 1904Opened (GN&CR))
15 December 1906Opened as terminus (GNP&BR)
19 September 1932Became through station (Piccadilly)
1954Closed (Edgware branch, passengers)
3 October 1964Closed (Northern City Line)
1 September 1968Opened (Victoria)
September 1970Closed (Edgware branch)
8 November 1976Opened (Northern City Line)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°33′53″N 0°06′23″W / 51.564653°N 0.106366°W / 51.564653; -0.106366
London transport portal

Finsbury Park is an intermodal interchange station in North London for London Underground, National Rail and London Buses services. The station is the third busiest Underground station outside Zone 1, with over 33 million passengers using the station in 2019.[8]

  1. ^ Finsbury Park station has eight National Rail platforms, numbered 1 to 8, but only six tracks given that platforms 2/3 and 6/7 share a single track each.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).