Palace Gates (Wood Green) railway station
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| Palace Gates (Wood Green) | |
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| Place | Wood Green |
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| Opened by | Great Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | Opened 1878 Closed 1964 |
| Replaced by | none |
Palace Gates (Wood Green) is a closed railway station on the Palace Gates Line in Wood Green, north London. It was located on the corner of Bridge Road and Dorset Road.
The station was opened on 7 October 1878 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) as terminus of the line which bore its name. The previous, temporary terminus had been at the previous station, Noel Park and Wood Green, since the line had opened on 1 January 1878.
The station was opened to provide a means by which the GER could transport passengers to the nearby Alexandra Palace. It was thus in competition with the nearby Wood Green (Alexandra Palace) station - now Alexandra Palace station - on the Great Northern Railway.
Competing as it did with other nearby railway lines and the Underground's Piccadilly Line, the Palace Gates line was by the 1960s unprofitable and the line and the station were closed for passenger services on 7 January 1963 and for freight on 5 October 1964. Following closure, the station was demolished and housing built on the site.
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