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Alexandra Palace railway station (originally named Wood Green and later Wood Green (Alexandra Park)) is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is in Zone 3. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Northern. Trains mostly go to and from Moorgate on weekdays, and Kings Cross at weekends. 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 (Wood Green)'' was on the Palace Gates Line. 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. It is proposed that the station should be a terminus on Crossrail 2.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22522884〕 ==History== The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on 1 May 1859 as ''Wood Green'', being renamed to ''Wood Green (Alexandra Park)'' in 1864. The GNR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station reverted to its original name of ''Wood Green'' on 18 March 1971, but was again renamed, this time to ''Alexandra Palace'', on 17 May 1982. Under plans approved in 1897, the station was to be the northern terminus for the Great Northern and Strand Railway (GN&SR), a tube railway supported by the GNR which would have run underground beneath the GNR's tracks to Finsbury Park and then into central London. The next GN&SR station to the south would have been Hornsey. The GN&SR route and stations north of Finsbury Park were cancelled in 1902 when the GN&SR was taken over by Charles Yerkes' consortium which planned to merge it with the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway to form the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith (now part of the London Underground's Piccadilly line). In May 2013 it was announced that the station would be a terminus on the latest proposed route for Crossrail 2.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22522884〕 When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network South East until the privatisation of British Rail. In Autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and credit cards, was installed here (and similarly at other local First Capital Connect stations). Oyster card readers were installed at the station during 2008 and activated on 2 January 2010 for use with the Oyster Pay As You Go System. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandra Palace railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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