Edgware tube station
Northern line · Zone 5 · Barnet
About Edgware station
Fields surrounded the site when the Underground Group opened Edgware on 18 August 1924, as the terminus of the second phase of its extension of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway from Golders Green. Edgware was still a village in character, and the new line did what it was meant to do: within a decade the fields were filling with housing. Architect Stanley Heaps designed the building, which is set back from Station Road behind a circular service road. Inside there are three platforms, a single platform 1 beside an island (platforms 2 and 3) that sits under a trainshed.
Edgware was meant to be a through station. Under the 1935 New Works Programme the line would have run 5 kilometres further to Bushey Heath, and extra platforms were started here before the Second World War stopped the work; with the area designated green belt, the scheme was formally cancelled in 1950. On 27 July 1946 a northbound train struck the buffers at about 5 mph after its driver suffered a heart attack while entering the station. Tube Lines modernised the station in 2008–09, fitting lifts to give step-free access to the platforms.
First and last trains from Edgware
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern towards Morden, Kennington or Battersea Power Station | 05:23 – 00:52 to Golders Green | 05:23 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:00 to Golders Green |
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 21 Northern trains an hour per direction from Edgware, counting both directions separately.
Connections
Edgware is served by the Northern line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Edgware station
As the end of its branch of the Northern line, the station draws passengers from a wide area, many arriving by bus: Edgware Bus Station is about 90 m away, reached by a road beside the station building, and the bus garage is next to it. A footpath leads straight to the car park of The Broadwalk Shopping Centre, about 160 m away. Edgware Library and The Old Red Hill Clinic (Barnet Adolescent Services) are both around 300 m from the entrance. The station stands on Station Road, about 500 metres from the A5 High Street.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| The Broadwalk Shopping Centre | 160 m |
| Edgware Bus Station | 90 m |
| The Old Red Hill Clinic (Barnet Adolescent Services) | 300 m |
| Edgware Library | 300 m |