East Finchley tube station
Northern line · Zone 3 · Barnet
About East Finchley station
The station opened on 22 August 1867 as East End, Finchley, on the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway’s line from Finsbury Park to Edgware, which the Great Northern Railway had bought the month before; it later took the name East Finchley. Under the 1935 Northern Heights project, never fully completed, the old station was demolished and rebuilt with four platforms on two islands, so that trains could run south to Highgate both on the surface and through new tunnels. Northern line trains arrived on 3 July 1939 and were extended to High Barnet on 14 April 1940; steam services from Highgate ended on 2 March 1941.
Charles Holden with L. H. Bucknell designed the Grade II listed building in an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne style influenced by European, particularly Dutch, architecture. Semi-circular glazed stairways rise to an enclosed bridge over the tracks, and above the main entrance kneels The Archer, a 10-foot (3.0 m) statue by Eric Aumonier of an archer who seems to have just released an arrow, commemorating Finchley’s hunting links with the Royal Forest of Enfield. The inner platforms now serve only trains running to or from Highgate Wood depot.
First and last trains from East Finchley
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern towards Morden, Battersea Power Station or Kennington | 05:35 – 00:13 | 05:35 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:22 |
| Northern towards High Barnet, Mill Hill East or Finchley Central | 05:12 to Mill Hill East – 01:01 | 05:12 to Mill Hill East – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:05 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 24 Northern trains an hour per direction from East Finchley, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from East Finchley
Running times between East Finchley and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Northern | Finchley Central | 4.3 min |
| Northern | Highgate | 2.8 min |
Connections
East Finchley is served by the Northern line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near East Finchley station
Standing on rising ground beside the railway bridge over High Road (A1000), the station has two main entrances facing High Road on the north side of the tracks and a minor one on the south side, all linked to the platforms by a passage under the tracks. The Phoenix Cinema is about 180 m away and Cherry Tree Wood about 360 m. There is a station car park, and buses 102, 143, 234, 263, 603 and H3 call by day, with N20 and N263 at night.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Cherry Tree Wood | 360 m |
| Phoenix Cinema | 180 m |