Colindale tube station

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Colindale
Location
Place	Colindale
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet

Operations
Station code	ZCD
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone	4
2006 annual usage	3.300 million †
2007 annual usage	3.790 million †
History
1924	Opened (CCEHR)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
Live departure info from TfL for this station - Northern [2]
London Transport Portal

Colindale tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Burnt Oak and Hendon Central stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4.

The station opened on 18 August 1924 on what was then the Hampstead and Highgate Line as the first station on the second section of the Underground's extension to Edgware. The original classical style station building designed by Underground Architect Stanley Heaps was destroyed by bombing in 1940. The simple temporary timber structure erected in its place actually lasted longer than the original building as it was not replaced until 1962 when a new building was constructed incorporating shops.

The British Library Newspaper Library is presently situated at Colindale, but is scheduled to move. It was a popular destination for travellers intending to reach Oriental City up until its closure; indeed, there was once a piece of graffiti on the station wall giving directions to it, which has now been removed.

The RAF Museum London is another popular destination for travellers going to Colindale. It's about 10 minutes walking distance from the station.

The station is sometimes used as a terminus for trains travelling north, instead of them continuing to Edgware. Some regular off-peak service patterns in recent years have seen all trains joining the Edgware branch having come from the Bank branch terminating here, though this is not the current pattern. Reversal of trains at this station makes use of a turnback siding situated between the running lines north of the station platform.