Highbury & Islington station
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Highbury & Islington station is a National Rail and London Underground station, in the London Borough of Islington in North London.
The station is on the Underground's Victoria Line, between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross St Pancras. It is also on the National Rail North London and Northern City lines. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Highbury & Islington station will be the northern terminus of the East London Line when its northern extension is built. Islington Council is currently considering redeveloping the site of the station, and Highbury Corner generally, including possibly covering over the North London Line tracks and building an office block above it.
The station was called Highbury Station when it opened in June 1904 and added the & Islington in July 1922. The former station can be seen across the road from the present station; it has been brightly painted.
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