Manor House:
Manor House has two separate platforms for the Piccadilly Line located in Zone 3 on the Tube map. This station is a deep level Tube station. Manor House opened in 1932 as part of the Piccadilly Line extension to Cockfosters. It was named after a pub on the corner of the Seven Sisters road. Unfortunately the pub no longer exists although there is a sign on the wall that tells you where it was. There used to be another exit going right up to the tram stops on Seven Sisters Road but it closed in 1950.
This is a Piccadilly Line train to Cockfosters the next station is Turnpike Lane.
Turnpike Lane:
Turnpike Lane has two separate platforms linked together by crossover passages located in Zone 3 on the Tube map. This station is a deep level Tube station. The station opened in September 1932 as part of the extension to Cockfosters. It has a nice Charles Holden designed building, and could have been called 'North Harringay' or 'Ducketts Green'.
The station has yellow frieze tiles marking out the distinguishing features. All stations on this part of the Piccadilly Line have them but they are all in different colours. Manor House tiles are Blue, Wood Green tiles are Green, Bounds Green tiles are Red and Southgate tiles are orange.
This is a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters the next station is Wood Green.
Wood Green:
Wood Green is a deep level Tube station located in Zone 3 on the Tube map. It has two separate platforms linked by cross-platform passageways. In September 1932 this station opened as part of the Piccadilly Line extension to Cockfosters, and was listed as a Grade II building in July 2011.
Like at Turnpike Lane this station has green frieze tiles marking out distinguishing features as well. All stations on this part of the Piccadilly Line have them but they are all in different colours. Manor House tiles are Blue, Turnpike Lane tiles are Yellow, Bounds Green tiles are Red and Southgate tiles are orange.
Wood Green is a Grade II listed building. The spacious and lofty elliptical ticket hall has three adjacent entrances separated by two rectangular piers clad in Cornish granite. A low iron balustrade is at the base of each pier on a granite base projecting onto the pavement below the canopy. The newel posts carry a disc and diamond motif used by Holden on other projects. Original bronze poster panels either side of the entrance bays. The ticket hall has a flat lantern roof with Crittall clerestory windows braced by four deep reinforced concrete beams. Below the roof is a white painted concrete ring beam with a further ring beam at entrance level decorated by a shallow stepped pattern matching that on the canopy.
This is a Piccadilly Line train to Arnos Grove the next station is Bounds Green.
Bounds Green:
Bounds Green is a deep level Tube station, underground with two separate platforms linked together by the exit crossover and other crossover passages. As part of the Piccadilly Line extension to Cockfosters this station opened in September 1932 and was listed as a Grade II building in 2010. At the north end of the westbound platform there is a memorial plaque remembering those who died when a bomb fell on the station during the Second World War.
This is a Piccadilly Line train to Arnos Grove the next station is Arnos Grove where this train will terminate. When leaving the train please ensure you take all of your personal belongings.Arnos Grove:
Arnos Grove is above ground and in the open and has two island platforms giving three platforms in total. Through trains run on the outside and the middle platform is used for terminating trains. This is where the Piccadilly Line first comes above ground at the northern end of the Line. The station opened in 1932 and used to be the end of the Piccadilly Line before it was extended to Cockfosters. In the ticket hall there is the bronze ticket hall windows still from 1933.
Trains will often wait here for a minute or two as there is a depot nearby, and this station is therefore a changeover point for drivers coming or going off shift. The same depot, Arnos Grove Drivers' Depot won Best Newcomer and Best Overall Garden for their new project which also got them an award in the London In Bloom competition.
Arnos Grove has a striking design with a prominent circular booking hall providing both an effective landmark and hugely impressive interior space. Its large panels of glazing making it particularly evocative when lit at night.
Next stop Southgate.
Southgate:
Southgate is an underground station, even though the stations either side are overground. This is because Southgate is on a hill. There are two separate platforms with crossover passages between them. This station opened in 1933 and could have been called 'Chase Side' or 'Southgate Central'.
The station is beautiful old building with many features that should be admired and not ignored with your head down on your daily commute. The parade of shops constructed around the central circular station building is also lovely. The shops even have their names written in underground-style font. If you go outside the station and look up at the roof, you'll see a 'pylon' shaped object, resembling an electrical insulator.
Next stop Oakwood.
Oakwood:
Back in the open Oakwood has one single island platform with steps from the ticket hall to platform level. The station opened in March 1933 as part of the Cockfosters extension and originally called 'Enfield West', it serves as the terminus of the line for seven months until Cockfosters station was finished. There is a magnificent ticket hall at this station which is a great example of Charles Holden's architecture. It has a large and imposing box-shape, with the ceiling being particularly monumental and bold. This is definitely worth taking a moment to stop and admire.
There is a free bus service for Middlesex University students which runs from the station to the nearby Trent Park campus.
Platform 1 is labelled 'Westbound', and Platform 2 as 'Eastbound' even though from an aerial view platform 1 trains from Oakwood head east, and platform 2 trains head west to Cockfosters.
Oakwood is also a Grade II listed building that has multi-coloured stock brick walls with reinforced-concrete roofs and ring beams. Flat roof with projecting eaves and plain concrete bands below with metal windows and horizontal oblong panes. The entrance portico has a projecting reinforced-concrete canopy whilst there is also reinforced-concrete, plain cantilevered canopy on platform. Outside, the Oakwood Station and the sign form an artistic group.
This is a Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters. The next station is Cockfosters where this train will terminate. All change please. When leaving the train please ensure you take all your personal belongings.
Cockfosters:
Cockfosters is the northern terminus of the Piccadilly Line. There are three lines here with four platforms in total. The station opened in July 1933 as the new northern terminus of the Piccadilly Line, and was nearly called 'Trent Park'.
Look out for the gnomes!
Cockfosters was also our final stop although we had to get all the way back to Waterloo. So, we got back on the Piccadilly Line to Finsbury Park changed on the Victoria Line to Oxford Circus for quickness and then on the Bakerloo Line to Waterloo.
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