Essex Road
Essex Road 
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Entrance on Canonbury Road
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 Essex Road
Location of Essex Road in Greater London
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| Location | Canonbury |
| Local authority | London Borough of Islington |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | EXR |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.483 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.521 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.572 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.627 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.716 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1904 | Opened (GN&CR) |
| 1975 | Closed (Northern City Line) |
| 1976 | Opened (British Rail City Line) |
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| WGS84 | 51°32′26″N 0°05′47″W / 51.5406°N 0.0963°WCoordinates: 51°32′26″N 0°05′47″W / 51.5406°N 0.0963°W |
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Essex Road railway station is a National Rail station in Canonbury in the London Borough of Islington. It is on the Northern City Line between Old Street and Highbury & Islington, 1 mile 59 chains (2.8 km) down-line from Moorgate, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is at the junction of Essex Road, Canonbury Road and New North Road, with the present entrance on Canonbury Road. Operated by Great Northern, it is the only deep level underground station in London served solely by National Rail trains. Between 1933 and 1975 the station was operated as part of the London Underground, as a short branch of the Northern line. Between 1922 and 1948 the station name was Canonbury & Essex Road. The name reverted to the original form in 1948.
The station was opened on 14 February 1904 by the Great Northern & City Railway (GN&CR) on its underground route between the Great Northern Railway (GNR) station at Finsbury Park and the Metropolitan Railway (MR) and City & South London Railway (C&SLR) station at Moorgate in the City of London.
The GN&CR was intended to carry main line trains and the tunnels were constructed with a larger diameter (16 ft/4.9 m) than the other deep tube railways being built at that time (roughly 11 to 12 ft/3.4 m to 3.7 m). From 1913 the MR took control of the GN&CR and ran it under its own name until it became part of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) in 1933. In preparation for the LPTB's "Northern Heights" plan the line was transferred to the control of the Morden-Edgware Line (now the Northern line).
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