Gospel Oak railway station

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The station entrance in 2016
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Gospel Oak
Location of Gospel Oak in Greater London
Location Gospel Oak
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Overground
Owner Network Rail
Station codeGPO
DfT category D
Number of platforms3
AccessibleYes [1]
Fare zone 2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase2.svg 2.700 million [2]
– interchange Increase2.svg 1.577 million [2]
2019–20Decrease2.svg 2.459 million [2]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 1.402 million [2]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 1.113 million [2]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 0.810 million [2]
2021–22Increase2.svg 2.006 million [2]
– interchange Increase2.svg 1.354 million [2]
2022–23Increase2.svg 2.224 million [2]
– interchange Increase2.svg 1.738 million [2]
Key dates
2 January 1860Opened (NLL)
4 June 1888Opened (GOBLIN)
1926Closed (GOBLIN)
1981Reopened (GOBLIN)
Other information
External links
Coordinates 51°33′19″N0°09′05″W / 51.5552°N 0.1514°W / 51.5552; -0.1514
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Gospel Oak railway station is in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. It is situated the North London line, served by Mildmay line services between Clapham Junction/Richmond and Stratford, and is also the western passenger terminus of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, served by Suffragette line services to/from Barking Riverside. Passengers using Oyster cards are required to tap on interchange Oyster card readers when changing between the two lines. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2, and is managed by London Overground which runs all passenger trains at the station.

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History

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Local railway lines, 1914
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Ordnance Survey map, 1920
Gospel Oak station

The station opened in 1860 [3] [ page needed ] as Kentish Town on the Hampstead Junction Railway from Camden Road to Old Oak Common Junction south of Willesden Junction. It was renamed Gospel Oak in 1867 when a new station more appropriately named Kentish Town was opened about a mile south on the same line (that station is now Kentish Town West). Due to financial constraints a planned connection from the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway to Gospel Oak station was not added until 4 June 1888, some 20 years after that railway opened, and then without a link to the North London Line due to other companies' opposition.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway   Highgate Road

The station was rebuilt by the London Midland Region of British Railways in 1954. [4]

From 1926 to 1981, the station was not a passenger interchange: passenger trains left the Barking line at Tufnell Park and descended the gradient to Kentish Town station. In 1981 that passenger service from Barking was diverted from Kentish Town to Gospel Oak with the terminal platform rebuilt on the north side of the existing station. [5]

The North London Line through Gospel Oak was electrified on the fourth-rail 660 volt DC system in 1916 by the LNWR: in the 1970s that was changed to 750 volt DC third rail. In 1996, the line from Willesden through Gospel Oak to Camden was closed during conversion to 25 kv AC overhead.

To allow four-car trains to run on the London Overground network, the North London Line between this station and Stratford closed from February 2010 to 1 June 2010, for installing a new signalling system and for extending 30 platforms. Until May 2011, there was a reduced service with no services on Sundays while the upgrade work continued. [6]

Design

The platforms are high above street level with stairs and two lifts, one serving westbound trains, and one serving eastbound trains and the Barking line. [7] The North London Line has two platforms and the Barking line has a short terminal platform north of which are two separate through freight tracks which join the NLL just west of the station. Oyster ticket barriers are in operation.

Services

London Overground Turbostar unit 172005 departs from Gospel Oak with a service to Barking. Until 2018, the line was not fully electrified requiring diesel train operation. Gospel Oak railway station MMB 09 172005.jpg
London Overground Turbostar unit 172005 departs from Gospel Oak with a service to Barking. Until 2018, the line was not fully electrified requiring diesel train operation.

All services at Gospel Oak are operated by London Overground using Class 378 and 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [8] [9] [10]

During the late evenings, the services to and from Clapham Junction do not operate and the services to and from Barking Riverside are reduced to 3 tph.

Preceding station Overground notextroundel.svg National Rail logo.svg London Overground Following station
Hampstead Heath
towards Richmond
North London line Kentish Town West
towards Stratford
Terminus Gospel Oak to Barking line Upper Holloway

Connections

London Buses route C11 serves the station.

In arts and music

The two brick skew arch bridges by which the trains cross Gordon House Road are shown in the cover photograph of the 1997 Gospel Oak EP by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor.

Notes

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