New Southgate railway station

National Rail station in London, England

New Southgate

New SouthgateLocation of New Southgate in Greater London
Location	New Southgate
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	Great Northern
Station code(s)	NSG
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.825 million
2020–21	0.212 million
2021–22	0.464 million
2022–23	0.697 million
2023–24	0.809 million
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°36′51″N 0°08′36″W / 51.6142°N 0.1432°W / 51.6142; -0.1432
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New Southgate railway station is on the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield in north London, in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 6 miles 35 chains (10.4 km) down the line from London King's Cross.

The station, and all trains serving it, have been operated by Great Northern since 14 September 2014.

Location

The station is administered by the London Borough of Enfield, although the boundary with the London Borough of Barnet runs through the station, rather than along one side. The station has exits into both boroughs.

History

Building of the station

The station opened by order of the Middlesex Justices (see Middlesex Guildhall), on 7 August 1850 as Colney Hatch & Southgate station or Colney Hatch station by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The Justices insisted on trains stopping daily for the benefit of the Second Middlesex County Asylum opened that year at Colney Hatch, which became Friern Hospital and closed in 1993. The original booking office, which sat on a bridge across the railway lines, burned down in 1976 and was replaced by a portakabin.

Service patterns

The station was built next to the asylum, with a siding which connected by a tramway to the stores depot in the grounds. There was one train hourly to Hatfield in the north and to Hornsey and King's Cross in the south in 1860, when the journey to King's Cross took 18 minutes. Trains, as before, ran hourly in 1975.

Renamings

The name of the station has changed five times: 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,

Operators

The GNR came under the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) after "Grouping" in 1923, before British Railways took over upon nationalisation in 1948. WAGN (an acronym of West Anglia, Great Northern) operated the service from 1997 to 2006.

Ticketing

In autumn 2008, a self-service ticket machine widening payment methods to accept cash and debit/credit cards, was installed at the eastern street-level entrance.

Services

Off-peak, all services at New Southgate are operated by Great Northern using Class 717 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

2 tph to Moorgate
2 tph to Welwyn Garden City

Additional services, including a number of Thameslink operated services to and from Sevenoaks via Catford call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandra Palace		Great Northern Great Northern RouteStopping Services		Oakleigh Park
Finsbury Park		Thameslink ThameslinkPeak Hours Only		Oakleigh Park

Connections

London Buses routes 221, 232, 382, SL1 and night route N91 serve the station.

References

^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Padgett, David (October 2016) . Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 14B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
^ "New Southgate Railway Station, Enfield – area information, map, walks and more". Ordnance Survey Get Outside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ Baggs, A.P.; Bolton, Diane K.; Hicks, M.A.; Pugh, R.B. (1980). "Friern Barnet: Introduction". In Baker, T.F.T.; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6. London. pp. 6–15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Connor, J.E.; Halford, B. Forgotten Stations of Greater London.
Borley, H.V. Chronology of London Railways.
Barratt, Colin. "New Southgate Station Fire". Friern Barnet Photo Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 66, 171, 215. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Table 24 National Rail timetable, December 2023
"Buses from Arnos Grove and New Southgate" (PDF). TfL. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

External links

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

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for
London (TfL)

London Underground	Night Tube Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City
London Rail	Docklands Light Railway Elizabeth line Tramlink London Overground North London East London South London West London Gospel Oak to Barking Lea Valley Romford–Upminster Watford DC
London Buses	East London Transit Superloop Night buses
Other	Coach station Cycle hire Dial-a-Ride IFS Cloud Cable Car London River Services London Streets Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators

River operators

Train operators

Other

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow London Heliport Military: Northolt Private: Biggin Hill
Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted

Major stations

Central area	Baker Street Bank-Monument Blackfriars Bond Street Cannon Street Charing Cross City Thameslink Earl's Court Elephant & Castle Euston Farringdon Fenchurch Street Green Park King's Cross Liverpool Street London Bridge Marylebone Moorgate Oxford Circus Paddington St Pancras International Tottenham Court Road Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Waterloo East Westminster
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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road North Circular Road South Circular Road
Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone Ultra Low Emission Zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

v t e Great Northern route
East Coast Main Line (main route)	London King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin
Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park
Hertford loop line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone
Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough
Cambridge line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge Cambridge North
Train operating company	Govia Thameslink Railway
Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect
Closed line	Varsity Line
Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet
Infrastructure	Hitchin Flyover

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern
Suburban

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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