Maiden Lane railway stations

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The North London Railway station shown on a map from 1899
The North London Railway station shown on a map from 1899

There were two Maiden Lane railway stations in close proximity, in the borough of Islington in north London, England.

[edit] Great Northern Railway station

The first station was a temporary terminus of the Great Northern Railway, to serve the last section of the new East Coast Main Line from the north to London until the opening of King's Cross. It opened on 8 August 1850, closed when King's Cross opened on 14 October 1852 and was subsequently demolished.

[edit] North London Railway station

On 7 December 1850, the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway (later renamed the North London Railway) opened from Highbury & Islington to Camden Road, with stations at Maiden Lane and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury. This Maiden Lane station was a short distance to the north west of the Great Northern Railway station and also served King's Cross Goods Yard. This station was near where High Speed 1's new portal is now. It closed in 1916 [1] or 1917 [2], after passenger services were provided solely on the southern pair of tracks, leaving the northern pair, which the station was built to serve, for freight services only.

Camden Council have suggested this station could be rebuilt and reopened, in conjunction with the King's Cross Central redevelopment project[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ British History Online - Islington: Communications
  2. ^ Jowett's Railway Centres Volume 1 (Alan Jowett, published PSL 1993)
  3. ^ King's Cross Development plan


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