Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly Line

Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...

 of the London Underground

London Underground

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, between King's Cross St. Pancras

King's Cross St. Pancras tube station

King's Cross St. Pancras is a tube station in the London Borough of Camden, on the London Underground network, serving both King's Cross and main line stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. It is the fourth busiest station on the system and serves more lines than any other...

 and Holloway Road

Holloway Road tube station

Holloway Road is a station on the London Underground. It is on the Piccadilly Line between Caledonian Road and Arsenal stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. The station opened on 15 December 1906....

, and in Travelcard Zone 2

Travelcard Zone 2

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. It was opened on 15 December 1906 by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

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.

Caledonian Road station is located on Caledonian Road

Caledonian Road (London)

The Caledonian Road, in Islington, North London is a road, about one and half miles long, running north-south from Camden Road near the junction with Holloway Road to Pentonville Road in the south. It is often known colloquially as the "Cally" and forms the entirety of the A5203.The street is...

 in Holloway, north London

London

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. The station continues to use lifts

Elevator

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, never having been upgraded to escalator

Escalator

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s. Unusually for stations of its era, the lifts descend directly to platform level with no secondary staircases. In recent times this has meant that the station is now advertised as "Step Free" on line maps without rebuilding work taking place. The station is a Grade II listed building.

The next southbound station from Caledonian Road was originally York Road

York Road tube station

York Road tube station is a disused station on the London Underground. It opened on 15 December 1906 and was one of the original stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway , now the Piccadilly line....

. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains.

Service Pattern

The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:

• 12 tph to Heathrow Airport via Central London
• 3 tph to Rayners Lane
  Rayners Lane tube station
  Rayners Lane is a London Underground station in the district of Rayners Lane in north west London, amid a 1930s development originally named Harrow Garden Village. The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan Line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly...
  
   via Central London
• 3 tph to Uxbridge
  Uxbridge tube station
  Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan Line and the Piccadilly Line. The next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles west of...
  
   via Central London
• 3 tph to Northfields
  Northfields tube station
  Northfields is a London Underground station in Northfields, west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line, between Boston Manor and South Ealing stations...
  
   via Central London
• 18 tph to Cockfosters
  Cockfosters tube station
  Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line for which it is the northern terminus. The station is located on Cockfosters Road approximately 9 miles from central London and serves Cockfosters in the London Borough of Barnet although it is actually located a short distance...
  
  
• 3 tph to Arnos Grove
  Arnos Grove tube station
  Arnos Grove is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line between Bounds Green and Southgate. It is in Travelcard Zone 4 and is located in Arnos Grove, near Arnos Park on Bowes Road, London. The station and surrounding neighbourhood of Arnos Grove take their names from the Arnos Grove...
  
  

Transport and local connections

London Buses

London Buses

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 routes 17

London Buses route 17

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, 91 and 259 serve the station. Route 274 stops close by.

Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury railway station

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury railway station in the London Borough of Islington in North London is on the North London Line and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. The station opened in 1870 as "Barnsbury" replacing the 1852 Caledonian...

 on the North London Line

North London Line

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 is about half a mile to the south.

The station is close to Pentonville Prison and Caledonian Park, the site of the former Victorian

Victorian era

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 Metropolitan Cattle Market, is a short distance away on Market Road.

See also

• Leslie Green
  Leslie Green
  Leslie William Green was an English architect known especially for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground railway system in central London during the first decade of the 20th century....
  
  - architect of stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

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