Harringay Green Lanes railway station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line in Harringay, north London. It is from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and is situated between and . Services Trains run every 15 minutes in each direction, towards either or . All passenger services from the station are operated by London Overground. The lines through the station are also used frequently by freight trains. Electrification work on the route (including bridge rebuilding, track lowering and platform lengthening) saw the service suspended on weekends for a year from June 2016, whilst weekday services terminated at until 23 September; thereafter there were no trains at all until February 2017 (when weekday services resumed). Connections London Buses routes 29, 141, 341 and night route N29 serve the station. The station is a 0.36 mile (0.58 km) walk from Harringay railway station on the East Coast Main Line. History It was opened on 1 June 1880 with the name Green Lanes, but has since been renamed a number of times: Harringay Park, Green Lanes (1883) Harringay Park (18 June 1951) Harringay Stadium (27 October 1958) Harringay East (12 May 1990) Harringay Green Lanes (8 July 1991) There were originally wooden platform buildings, which were replaced by brick and concrete structures in the 1950s. The original ticket office at street level survived and in recent times has been converted into a café. To cope with the huge number of passengers visiting Harringay Stadium and Arena, both right next to the station, very long platforms were provided, but these were shortened in late 2003 due to subsidence. Just west of the station was a goods yard; this closed on 3 February 1964, and the site is now occupied by Railway Fields nature reserve. Station infrastructure In summer 2008, the station was repainted and re-signed in London Overground colours, with the green-painted staircase railings (for example) of the former Silverlink franchise giving way to Overground orange. The station has no direct interchange to a tube station, despite the fact that the Piccadilly line runs directly beneath it and the distance between the two stations at either end of this section, and , is particularly long for the line. Manor House station is about away. Transfer on a single ticket is allowed between Harringay Green Lanes and nearby . The station has step-free access from street to platform. References Bibliography External links