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The station opened in 1870 as "Barnsbury" replacing the 1852 Caledonian Road station which was slightly west of the present site. [3] Barnsbury was renamed "Caledonian Road & Barnsbury" in 1893. [4] Between 14 May 1979 and 11 May 1985 the station was served by the Crosstown Linkline diesel multiple unit service between Camden Road and North ...
The station is a Grade II listed building. [8] The next northbound station from Caledonian Road is Holloway Road while the next southbound station was originally York Road. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains. York Road was planned to be open to relieve congestion at King's Cross St. Pancras.
Caledonian Road & Barnsbury (First site) Islington: Barnsbury Caledonian Road & Barnsbury, (2nd site) 1852 1870 NLR [11: Camberwell§ Camberwell None 1862 1916 LC&DR [12: Camden railway station (L&B) Camden Chalk Farm 1844 1852 L&BR: Chronology of London Railways and Forgotten Stations of Greater London Camden Road (MR)
On 7 December 1850, the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway (later to become the North London Railway) opened from Highbury & Islington to its Camden Town station (since renamed Camden Road), with intermediate stations at Maiden Lane and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury. This Maiden Lane station – –- was a short distance ...
The company built the Caledonian Road in 1826 as a toll road to link the New Road with Holloway Road (which is part of the Great North Road) and provide a new link to the West End from the north. Originally known as Chalk Road, its name was changed after the Royal Caledonian Asylum for the children of poor exiled Scots, was built in the area in ...
Caledonian Road could refer to: Caledonian Road, London, a road in North London; Caledonian Road tube station, a tube station in North London; Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station, a nearby railway station in North London; Holloway and Caledonian Road railway station a former station on the main line out of King's Cross.
The name proposed for this service in 2015 was the 'North London line'. [4] In 2021, Sadiq Khan announced that if re-elected as Mayor of London, he would give the six services operated by London Overground unique names that would reflect London's diversity, working with his Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm. [5]
Barnard Park, consisting of 10 acres (4 hectares) including a large area of football pitches, was created in 1967 on an area of housing that had been bombed during World War Two, and was named after former Islington Mayor Cllr George Barnard. [2] Pentonville Prison (built 1842) is located within Barnsbury.