Golders Green tube station

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Golders Green
Location
Place	Golders Green
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	5.544 million
Transport for London
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1907
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Golders Green tube station is a London Underground station in Golders Green, north London. The station is located at the crossroads of Finchley Road, Golders Green Road and North End Road, with an exit to Golders Green bus station, and a former exit to Finchley Road which is now closed. Adjacent to the station is the Golders Green Hippodrome, home to the BBC Concert Orchestra for many years.

The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Brent Cross and Hampstead stations, and in Travelcard Zone 3. It is the first station in the open after the deep tunnel under Hampstead Heath.

Constructed as a northern terminus of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway it opened on 22 June 1907 until becoming a through station with the opening of the extenions towards Edgware on 19 November 1923. South of the present station remains a tube depot with extensive sidings. Because the points for the sidings are south of the platform, Hampstead is the usual passenger terminus for trains going to the sidings at Golders Green.

To the south, between Golders Green and Hampstead stations is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. Golders Green was the last station on the Northern Line to retain Semaphore signals, being replaced in 1950.