York Road tube station

York Road
York Road tube station in 2008
York Road Location of York Road in London Borough of Islington
Location	King's Cross
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Islington
Owner	Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Number of platforms	2
Key dates
15 December 1906 (1906-12-15)	Opened
19 September 1932 (1932-09-19)	Closed
Other information
Coordinates	51°32′18″N 0°07′21″W / 51.53833°N 0.12250°W / 51.53833; -0.12250
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York Road is a disused station on the London Underground in Kings Cross, London, England, located between King's Cross and Caledonian Road, with its entrance at the corner of York Road (now York Way) and Bingfield Street.

It opened in 1906 and was one of the original stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), the precursor to today's Piccadilly line. The surface buildings were constructed in the distinctive style of architect Leslie Green, and were connected to the platforms by a single lift shaft containing two lifts. Traffic levels were never high, and the station closed in 1932, on the same day that the northern extension of the Piccadilly Line from Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove opened.

London Transport Museum runs regular Zoom-hosted tours of the station through its "Hidden London" programme. The tour features original elements of the station including the tiled lift lobby and signal cabin and it explores the modifications that were made to the station over the years.^[1]