Totteridge & Whetstone tube station
Totteridge & Whetstone is a London Underground station. It is located in both Totteridge and Whetstone in the London Borough of Barnet, North London. The station is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between High Barnet and Woodside Park stations. It is in. It was first built in 1872.
The station is on the north side of Totteridge Lane, to the east of the Dollis Brook, the traditional boundary between Totteridge and Whetstone, so narrowly in the latter.
History
The Totteridge & Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway and was originally opened on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway. 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. 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 and, after a period where the station was serviced by both operators, LNER services ended in 1941.
British Railways 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.
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