Oakleigh Park railway station

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Oakleigh Park
Looking towards Kings Cross, a southbound local train collects passengers at Oakleigh Park station.
Location
Place	Oakleigh Park
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Operations
Station code	OKL
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms in use	4
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.601 million
2005/06 *	0.624 million
Transport for London
Zone	4
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Oakleigh Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
UK Railways Portal

Oakleigh Park railway station is in Oakleigh Park in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 15 km (9½ miles) north of Moorgate on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by First Capital Connect.

The first holes were bored near the station for the overhead powerline in order to electrify the East Coast Mainline.^[1].

Contents 1 Services 2 Transport connections 2.1 Bus 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Services

The service from the station runs to Moorgate on weekdays until about 9.30pm, and into London Kings Cross after 9.30pm Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Normally the service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate, although on weekends sometimes class 317 EMUs are used instead.

The typical off-peak service is 3 trains per hour to Moorgate, and 3 trains per hour to Welwyn Garden City.

[edit] Transport connections

[edit] Bus

Transport for London bus route 383 stops directly outside Oakleigh Park railway station, as well as operating a Hail and Ride service along Netherlands Road and Oakleigh Park North/Athenaeum Road. Buses run towards Barnet (the Spires) or towards Woodside Park tube station, every 30 minutes Mondays to Saturdays except late evenings. There is currently no service on this route on Sundays or public holidays, though there is some local demand for one that may be catered to in the future.

Preceding station		First Capital Connect		Following station
New Southgate towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate		Great Northern stopping		New Barnet towards Welwyn Garden City or Letchworth

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Oakleigh Park railway station from National Rail

• Oakleigh Park railway station is at coordinates 51°38′16″N 0°10′00″W / 51.6379, -0.1667 (Oakleigh Park railway station)Coordinates: 51°38′16″N 0°10′00″W / 51.6379, -0.1667 (Oakleigh Park railway station)

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