York Road tube station

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York Road

Location
Place	King's Cross
History
Opened by	Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 1906 Closed 1932
Replaced by	None
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York Road tube station is a disused station on the London Underground. It opened on the 15 December 1906 and was one of the original stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, now the Piccadilly Line.

It is located between King's Cross St Pancras and Caledonian Road, and had its entrance at the corner of York Road (now York Way) and Bingfield Street; the surface buildings are still clearly visible, on the left as you head south down York Way towards King's Cross.

Being so close to King's Cross it saw little use, and Sunday services were withdrawn from the 5 May 1918. The station remained open for weekday traffic until 19 September 1932 when it closed permanently.

How York Road might have appeared on the London Underground Map today if it remained open under the same name

The platform tiling was carried out by G. Woolliscroft & Sons of Hanley in Staffordshire, and was made up of white with maroon and brick red patterning. Most of the tiling has since been painted over in grey, but a small section remains untouched and can be seen at the Finsbury Park end of the former eastbound platform.

A small signalling cabin stands near this section of tiling, and was used to operate a crossover immediately to the northeast of the station. This signal box remained operative until 25 April 1964, although by this time the crossover was little used, having been largely superseded by a new crossover built at King's Cross eight years previously. However the disused cabin still stands and can be seen by observant passengers on passing trains.

The Islington Council and Transport for London commissioned a study in 2005 to consider the possible reopening of the station. At the same time, however, it was recognised that other transport priorities reduced the likelihood of such a project moving forward in the near future. Local political groups have been keen to see the station reopened in order to reduce passenger congestion at King's Cross St Pancras and to encourage development in the surrounding community. The Islington Liberal Democrats advocated the reopening of the station in their 2006 local election manifesto, and at least one candidate for the Islington Conservative Party has similarly campaigned for the station to be reopened. [1][2][3]