Upper Holloway railway station

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Upper Holloway London Overground
Upper Holloway station July 2020.jpg
The station in 2020
Upper Holloway is located in Greater London
Upper Holloway
Upper Holloway
Location of Upper Holloway in Greater London
LocationUpper Holloway
Local authorityLondon Borough of Islington
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station codeUHL
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone2
OSIArchway London Underground[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17Decrease 0.415 million[3]
2017–18Increase 0.696 million[3]
2018–19Increase 1.088 million[3]
2019–20Decrease 0.974 million[3]
2020–21Decrease 0.595 million[3]
Key dates
1868Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°33′50″N 0°07′47″W / 51.5638°N 0.1298°W / 51.5638; -0.1298Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 0°07′47″W / 51.5638°N 0.1298°W / 51.5638; -0.1298
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Upper Holloway railway station is in Holloway, north London (N19). It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, 3 mileschains (4.8 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction)[4] and is situated between Gospel Oak and Crouch Hill. It is operated by London Overground, and the service is one train every 15 minutes in each direction except late evenings when it is half-hourly. The line is now electrified, and services are operated by 4 car Class 710 EMUs.

The station is a short walk along Holloway Road from Archway on the Northern line. This is currently the most convenient interchange between the two lines, given as 490 yards (450 m) on the tube map and maps inside London Overground trains.