Location Whetstone 2012 1.92 million 2014 2.24 million Phone +44 343 222 1234 | Managed by London Underground 2013 1.95 million 2015 2.33 million Number of platforms 2 Fare zone 4 | |
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Address Totteridge Ln, Whetstone, London N20 0HD, UK Similar Whetstone - London, Woodside Park tube station, West Finchley tube station, Finchley Central tube station, High Barnet tube station | ||
Totteridge & Whetstone (/ˈwɛtstoʊn/) is a London Underground station in Whetstone of the London Borough of Barnet, North London. The station is the penultimate one on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between Woodside Park and High Barnet stations, in Travelcard Zone 4.
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The station is on the northern side of Totteridge Lane (A5109), somewhat to the east of the Dollis Brook (the traditional boundary between Totteridge and Whetstone) hence is in Whetstone.
History
The Totteridge & Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened as Whetstone and Totteridge on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over the EH&LR). The station was on a branch line that ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Highgate.
After the 1921 Railways Act created the Big Four railway companies the line was, from 1923, part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). The section of the High Barnet branch north of East Finchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through the "Northern Heights" project which begun in the late 1930s. Totteridge and Whetstone station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940 and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941.
The Station today
The station still retains much of its original Victorian architectural character today. The station is not wheelchair accessible owing to flights of stairs to both the northbound and southbound platforms.
The station has ticket halls, three gates, toilets, payphones, a car park, waiting room and two snack vending machines. The ticket office opens on Mondays to Saturdays only.
Services and connections
Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 3–6 minutes between 6:04 and midnight in both directions.
London Bus routes 34, 125, 234, 251, 263, 326, 383, 605, 626, 628, 634 and 688 and night route N20 serve the station.