extensively renovated, with new tiling at platform level, a partial new floor in the main ticket hall, and improved signage throughout. The station won the London Regional category award at the 2008 National Railway Heritage Awards for the modernisation of a heritage station. The original escalators were replaced in the late 1980s with the then standard London Transport design. The balustrade of the escalators was manufactured from bronze, rather than aluminium to maintain the 1930s period appearance of the station and to satisfy the requirements of English Heritage. The preserved condition of the station's original features, particularly the escalators, makes Southgate popular for filming scenes for period dramas. Location The station was developed as a bus/underground interchange and the main building sits on an island between Southgate Circus and Station Parade where a series of bus stops are located. A secondary building containing shops wraps around the other side of the parade. The station is located on a hill and whereas the platforms at the stations on each side are on the surface those at Southgate are in a short section of tunnel. The tunnel portals are visible from the platforms when looking north, a unique occurrence for a deep-level London Underground station. As usual on the Piccadilly line, the platforms are labelled Westbound and Eastbound. However, the tunnels run more or less north-east to south-west at Southgate, so eastbound is north-eastbound and westbound is south-westbound. In the early 1980s, moving picture advertising was tested in the tunnels south of the station. The pictures were of a child on a beach turning to face the camera. Southgate is the northernmost station in tunnels on the London Underground network. Services Connections London Buses routes 121, 125, 298, 299, 382, W6, W9, 616, 628, 688 and 699 and night route N91 serve the station. References External links Piccadilly line stations London Underground Night Tube stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Enfield Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Enfield Grade II* listed railway stations Art Deco architecture in London Art Deco railway stations Former London Electric Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1933 Streamline Moderne architecture in the United Kingdom Charles Holden railway stations Southgate, London