The Northern City Line
The Northern City Line runs for 3.4 miles between Finsbury Park and Liverpool Street, serving 7 stations, with a top line speed of 40 mph.
See the Northern City Line on the live map
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The line in numbers
| Length | 3.4 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 7 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 7 |
| Top line speed | 40 mph |
| Passengers a year | 51.5 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Finsbury Park11.2 million a year
- Drayton Park728,922 a year
- Highbury & Islington24.0 million a year
- Essex Road697,932 a year
- Old Street6.1 million a year
- Moorgate8.8 million a year
- Liverpool Street
The busiest station on the line is Highbury & Islington, 24.0 million entries and exits a year and 19th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
East Coast Main Line, East London Line, Elizabeth Line, High Speed 1, North London Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.