Alexandra Palace railway station

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Alexandra Palace railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by WAGN.

It is the only surviving station of three that have served Alexandra Palace. Alexandra Palace, sited actually at the palace, was on the Highgate - Alexandra Palace line, and Palace Gates was on a line from Seven Sisters station via Wood Green). This station's name (originally Wood Green) was changed to Alexandra Palace though it has been through other variants including "Wood Green (Alexandra Palace)".

Services from the station run to Moorgate on weekdays until about 10.00pm, and into London Kings Cross after 10.00pm Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Normally the service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate, although on weekends sometimes class 317 EMUs are used instead.

North of the station, the line divides, with half the trains running to Welwyn Garden City and the other half running to Hertford North or Letchworth Garden City. The typical off-peak service frequency is:

6tph (trains per hour) to Moorgate
3tph to Welwyn Garden City, via Potters Bar
3tph to Hertford North, with 1tph extended to Letchworth Garden City via Stevenage

Just outside the station to the north is Bounds Green Depot, used for storage and maintenance of the high speed trains used on the East Coast Main Line. A line adjacent to the station platforms is used by shunters moving carriages and engines around in the depot.

The station has old buildings on Buckingham Road, with a modern footbridge connection to the platforms and across the tracks to Bedford Road. On the platforms there are only rudimentary modern buildings but during 2004 a station refreshment kiosk opened at Alexandra Palace, for the first time in the living memory of most (?all) station users.