Caledonian Road tube station

Caledonian Road
Caledonian Road Location of Caledonian Road in Greater London
Location	Holloway
Local authority	Islington
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	5.27 million
2012	5.25 million
2013	5.94 million
2014	6.00 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
15 December 1906	Station opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1401086
Added to list	20 July 2011
Other information
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Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Holloway Road, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

Caledonian Road station is located on Caledonian Road in Holloway, north London. The station continues to use lifts, never having been upgraded to escalators. Unusually for stations of its era, the lifts descend directly to platform level with no secondary staircases. In recent times this has meant that the station is now advertised as "Step Free" on line maps without rebuilding work taking place. The station is a Grade II listed building.

The next northbound station from Caledonian Road is Holloway Road while the next southbound station was originally York Road. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains. York Road was planned to be open to relieve congestion at King's Cross St. Pancras.

Temporary closure

The station is scheduled to be closed from 4 January 2016 until mid-August 2016, to enable the two lifts to be upgraded. A local campaign against the closure has emerged via a Change.org petition. The petitioners claim that the station could be kept open while new lifts are installed in two unused lift shafts. This was done the last time lifts were replaced in 1987 and the station remained open throughout.

Service Pattern

The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:

• 12 tph (trains per hour) to Heathrow Airport via Central London
  • 6 of these to terminals 4 and 1,2,3
  • 6 of these to terminals 1,2,3 and 5
• 3 tph to Rayners Lane via Central London
• 3 tph to Uxbridge via Central London and Rayners Lane
• 3 tph to Northfields via Central London
• 18 tph to Cockfosters
• 3 tph to Arnos Grove

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
King's Cross St. Pancras towards Uxbridge or Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4 or Terminal 5)		Piccadilly line		Holloway Road towards Cockfosters
	Former Route
York Road towards Uxbridge or Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4 or Terminal 5)		Piccadilly line		Holloway Road towards Cockfosters

Location

The station is close to Pentonville Prison and Caledonian Park, the site of the former Victorian Metropolitan Cattle Market, is a short distance away on Market Road.

Platform Level Tiling

The platform at Caledonian Road showing its distinctive tilework and colours

The distinctive nameplate and tilework pattern

The stations along the central part of the Piccadilly line, as well as some sections of the Northern line, were financed by Charles Yerkes, and are famous for the Leslie Green designed red station buildings and distinctive platform tiling. Each station has its own unique tile pattern and colours.

Connections

• London Buses routes 17, 91 and 259 serve the station.
• Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station on the North London Line is about half a mile to the south.