Alexandra Palace railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Wood Green | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Haringey | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | AAP | ||
| Managed by | First Capital Connect | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.610 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.693 million | ||
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| Zone | 3 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1873 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandra Palace from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Alexandra Palace railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by First Capital Connect.
It is the only surviving station of three that have served Alexandra Palace. Alexandra Palace, sited actually at the palace, was on the Highgate - Alexandra Palace line, and Palace Gates (Wood Green) was on a line from Seven Sisters station via Wood Green. This station's name (originally Wood Green) was changed to Alexandra Palace though it has been through other variants including "Wood Green (Alexandra Palace)".
Just outside the station to the north is Bounds Green Depot, used for storage and maintenance of the high speed trains used on the East Coast Main Line. A line adjacent to the station platforms is used by shunters moving carriages and engines around in the depot.
[edit] Station layout
The station has old buildings on Buckingham Road, with a modern footbridge connection to the platforms and across the tracks to Bedford Road. On the platforms there are only rudimentary modern buildings but during 2004 a station refreshment kiosk opened at Alexandra Palace.
Platform 1 is on the up slow line to London (served from either the Welwyn or Hertford directions), platform 2 is the up fast line, with few scheduled departures. The down fast is a through road, without a platform face. Platform 3 is used by northbound trains on the ECML slow line and trains on the Hertford Loop Line use platform 4. Note that trains to/from Hertford must use the outer platform lines.
[edit] Services
Services from the station run to Moorgate on weekdays until about 10.00pm, and into London Kings Cross after 10.00pm Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Normally the service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate, although on weekends sometimes class 317 EMUs are used instead. Early mornings and late nights see a couple of four car (class 317 or class 365) trains scheduled to call (to/from Cambridge or Peterborough).
North of the station, the line divides, with half the trains running to Welwyn Garden City and the other half running to Hertford North or Letchworth Garden City. The typical Monday to Friday off-peak service frequency is:
- 6tph (trains per hour) to Moorgate
- 3tph to Welwyn Garden City, via Potters Bar
- 3tph to Hertford North, with 1tph extended to Letchworth Garden City via Stevenage
On Saturdays and Sundays (when there is no engineering work) this drops to:
- 4tph (trains per hour) to Kings Cross
- 2tph to Welwyn Garden City, via Potters Bar
- 2tph to Hertford North, with 1tph extended to Stevenage
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towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate
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[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Alexandra Palace railway station from National Rail (Station code: AAP)
- Alexandra Palace railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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