Cockfosters tube station
Piccadilly line · Zone 5 · Enfield
About Cockfosters station
The last station of the Piccadilly extension from Finsbury Park to open, Cockfosters received its first trains on 31 July 1933, four months after Oakwood (then called Enfield West). Trent Park and Cock Fosters, an early spelling of the area’s name, were both suggested as names, though the original site hoarding already showed it as a single word. Charles Holden designed it in a modern European style of brick, glass and reinforced concrete, but kept the street buildings modest, without the mass of Oakwood or Arnos Grove or the avant-garde flourish of Southgate.
The drama is at platform level: a tall concrete-and-glass trainshed roof and canopies carried on portal frames of narrow, blade-like concrete columns and beams that span the tracks, a design echoed in the roof built at Uxbridge in 1937–1938. Three tracks serve platforms numbered 1 to 4, the centre track having platforms 2 and 3 on either side – an arrangement known as the Spanish solution. The station is Grade II listed.
First and last trains from Cockfosters
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly towards Heathrow Terminal 5, Heathrow Terminal 4 or Rayners Lane | 05:08 – 23:53 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 05:08 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:00 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 |
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 19 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Cockfosters, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Cockfosters
Running times between Cockfosters and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly | Oakwood | 3.5 min |
Connections
Cockfosters is served by the Piccadilly line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Cockfosters station
At the eastern end of the Piccadilly line, Cockfosters stands on Cockfosters Road (A111), approximately nine miles (14 km) from central London, on the boundary between the boroughs of Barnet and Enfield. Most eastbound Piccadilly trains terminate here, although some end earlier at Arnos Grove or Oakwood, and Cockfosters depot lies between the two final stations, with access from either direction. The station has a car park and is served by London bus routes by day and night.