Totteridge & Whetstone tube station

History

Main article: Northern line

The Totteridge & Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over the EH&LR). The station was on a branch of a line whose main part ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Highgate.

After the Railways Act 1921 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 began in the late 1930s. Totteridge and Whetstone station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940{{cite book and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941.

British Railways (the successor to the LNER) freight trains continued to serve the station's goods yard until 1 October 1962, when it was closed and converted into station’s car park.

Station facilities

The station retains much of its original Victorian architectural character today. The station is not wheelchair accessible owing to flights of stairs to the two platforms.

The station has in the 21st century undergone subtle changes to enable the policy of no ticket offices, chiefly:

• an automatic double-wide access, disabled and buggy-friendly barrier
• A help desk instead of the ticket office.

The station is not often staffed but is during peak hours. The station has a passenger hall, four gates, two toilets (a female toilet on the southbound platform and a male toilet on the northbound platform), a car park and waiting rooms.

Services

Totteridge & Whetstone station is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line between High Barnet to the north and Woodside Park to the south. The typical offpeak service at this station in trains per hour is as follows:

• 16tph Northbound to High Barnet
• 8tph Southbound to Battersea via Charing Cross
• 8tph Southbound to Morden via Bank

Connections

London Bus routes 34, 125, 234, 251, 263, 326, 383, 605, 626, 628, 634 and 688 and night route N20 serve the station.

Gallery

Image:Totteridge & Whetstone stn northbound.JPG|Southbound platform looking north Image:Totteridge & Whetstone stn southbound.JPG|Southbound platform looking south Image:Totteridge & Whetstone stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel

References

References

1. {{cite map/Standard Tube Map
2. [https://www.google.com.my/maps/place/Totteridge+%26+Whetstone/@51.6302204,-0.1788689,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487619da9d576bf9:0xd7ee8b78f8f8eff8 Google Maps – Totteridge and Whetstone Tube Station]
3. [https://www.davros.org/rail/culg/northern.html#dates Clive's Underground Line Guides – Northern Line, Dates]
4. (December 1962). "News Flashes". Underground: The Journal of the London Underground Railway Society.
5. [https://www.citytransport.info/Northern.htm Railfanning London's Railways – Northern line]
6. {{citation step free tube map
7. [https://www.tfl.gov.uk/hub/stop/940GZZLUTAW/totteridge-whetstone-underground-station/ Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station]
8. "CULG - Northern Line".
9. Matters, Transport for London {{!}} Every Journey. "Northern line timetable".
10. (26 July 2014). "Buses from Totteridge & Whetstone".
11. [https://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/940GZZLUTAW/totteridge-whetstone-underground-station Totteridge & Whetstone Underground Station – Bus]
12. [https://www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G00007028/whetstone-high-road-friern-barnet-lane/ Whetstone High Road/Friern Barnet Lane – Bus]