Totteridge & Whetstone tube station

Totteridge & Whetstone
Station entrance
Totteridge & Whetstone Location of Totteridge & Whetstone in Greater London
Location	Whetstone
Local authority	Barnet
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	1.98 million[1]
2012	1.92 million[1]
2013	1.95 million[1]
2014	2.24 million[1]
Key dates
1872	Opened (GNR)
1940	Started (Northern line)
1941	Ended (LNER)
1 October 1962	Goods yard closed[2]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°37′50″N 0°10′45″W / 51.6306°N 0.1792°W

Totteridge & Whetstone tube station (/ˈwɛtstoʊn/) is a London Underground station in Whetstone of the London Borough of Barnet, North London. The station is the penultimate one on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between Woodside Park and High Barnet stations, in Travelcard Zone 4.^[3]

The station is on the northern side of Totteridge Lane (A5109),^[4] somewhat to the east of the Dollis Brook (the traditional boundary between Totteridge and Whetstone) hence is in Whetstone.

History

Totteridge & Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened as Whetstone and Totteridge on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over the EH&LR).^[5] The station was on a branch line that ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Highgate.

After the 1921 Railways Act created the Big Four railway companies the line was, from 1923, part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). The section of the High Barnet branch north of East Finchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through the "Northern Heights" project which begun in the late 1930s. Totteridge and Whetstone station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940^[6] and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941.^[5]

The Station today

The station still retains much of its original Victorian architectural character today.^[7] The station is not wheelchair accessible^[8] due to flights of stairs to both the north- and southbound platform.

The station has ticket halls, three gates, toilets, payphones, a car park, waiting room^[9] and two snack vending machines.^[10] The ticket office opens on Mondays to Saturdays only.^[9]

Services and connections

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 3–6 minutes between 6:04 and midnight in both directions.^[11][12]

London Bus routes 34, 125, 234, 251, 263, 326, 383, 605, 626, 628, 634 and 688 and night route N20 serve the station.^[13][14][15]

See also

• List of London Underground stations
• Northern Line Embankment, High Barnet

Gallery

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  Southbound platform looking north

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  Southbound platform looking south

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  Roundel on the northbound platform

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (London Underground Railway Society) (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
3. Transport for London (January 2016). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2015.
4. Google Maps - Totteridge and Whetstone Tube Station
5. Clive's Underground Line Guides - Northern Line, Dates
6. Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
7. Railfanning London's Railways - Northern line
8. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
9. Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station
10. Totteridge & Whetstone Tube Station - Facilities
11. "Northern line timtable: From Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station to High Barnet Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
12. "Northern line timtable: From Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station to Woodside Park Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
13. "Buses from Totteridge & Whetstone" (PDF). Transport for London. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
14. Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station - Bus
15. Whetstone High Road/Friern Barnet Lane - Bus

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Station in 1937 during LNER period prior to London Transport's take over
  • Station in 1956