New Southgate railway station

New Southgate

New Southgate Location of New Southgate in Greater London
Location	New Southgate
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Station code	NSG
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004-05	0.291 million[1]
2005-06	0.299 million[1]
2006-07	0.476 million[1]
2007-08	0.546 million[1]
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
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Coordinates: 51°36′51″N 0°08′36″W / 51.6142°N 0.1432°W / 51.6142; -0.1432

New Southgate railway station is on the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station, and all trains serving it, has been operated by First Capital Connect since 2006.

History

Derailment just north of New Southgate in 1948

Up ECML mineral at New Southgate in 1962

The station was opened on 7 August 1850 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR), under the name Colney Hatch & Southgate, and there were several subsequent name changes: to Southgate and Colney Hatch on 1 February 1855; to New Southgate and Colney Hatch on 1 October 1876; to New Southgate for Colney Hatch on 1 March 1883; to New Southgate and Friern Barnet on 1 May 1923; and finally to New Southgate on 18 March 1971.^[2] The GNR came under the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) after "Grouping" in 1923, before British Rail took over upon nationalisation in 1948. WAGN operated the service from 1997 to 2006.

In Autumn 2008, a new Shere self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and debit/credit cards, was installed at the eastern street-level entrance here (and similarly at other local First Capital Connect stations), replacing the previous Avantix self-service machine. The PERTIS machine remains in situ.

Services

The service from the station runs to Moorgate on weekdays until about 9.30pm, and into London Kings Cross after 9.30pm Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Normally the service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate, although on weekends sometimes class 317 EMUs are used instead.

The typical off-peak service is 3 trains per hour to Moorgate, and 3 trains per hour to Welwyn Garden City.

Future developments

• Oyster pay and go will arrive at this station on the confirmed date of 2 January 2010, this will finally allow customers to make use of the oyster machines at the station but are not currently in use.^[3]

Transport links

London bus routes 221, 232, 382 and night route N91.

Gallery

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  Looking north from Platform 1 (southbound/up slow)

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  Looking north from Platform 2 (southbound/up fast)

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  Looking south from Platform 4 (northbound/down slow)

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  Western entrance on Regal Drive

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  Signage on southbound platforms 1 and 2

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 66,171,215. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
3. ^ Oyster Card and National Rail, National Rail Enquiries Website

External links

• Train times and station information for New Southgate railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandra Palace		First Capital Connect Great Northern stopping		Oakleigh Park