Highbury & Islington railway station

You can reach 58 stations directly from Highbury & Islington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Caledonian Road & Barnsbury, with 319 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Highbury & Islington

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 18 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Highbury & Islington is

23,982,528 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 19th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 3,233,923 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Highbury & Islington and Stratford (London) than any other pair: 2,229,560 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Nearest other stations

• Drayton Park 0.5 miles
• Canonbury 0.5 miles
• Essex Road 0.5 miles
• Caledonian Road & Barnsbury 0.5 miles
• Dalston Kingsland 1.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Highbury & Islington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Holloway and Caledonian Road · 0.6 miles
• Holloway car dock · 0.6 miles
• Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 0.9 miles
• Maiden Lane railway stations · 1.1 miles
• Camden Road (Midland) · 1.3 miles
• King's Cross Thameslink · 1.3 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.