York Road | |
---|---|
Location | King's Cross |
Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Islington |
Owner | Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Key dates | |
15 December 1906 | Opened |
19 September 1932 | Closed |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°32′18″N 0°07′21″W / 51.53833°N 0.12250°W |
London transport portal |
York Road is a disused station on the London Underground in Kings Cross, London, England, located between King's Cross and Caledonian Road, with its entrance at the corner of York Road (now York Way) and Bingfield Street.
It opened in 1906 and was one of the original stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), the precursor to today's Piccadilly line. The surface buildings were constructed in the distinctive style of architect Leslie Green, and were connected to the platforms by a single lift shaft containing two lifts. Traffic levels were never high, and the station closed in 1932, on the same day that the northern extension of the Piccadilly Line from Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove opened.
London Transport Museum runs regular Zoom-hosted tours of the station through its "Hidden London" programme. The tour features original elements of the station including the tiled lift lobby and signal cabin and it explores the modifications that were made to the station over the years.[1]