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Woodside Park tube station is a London Underground station in Woodside Park , north London . The station is on the High Barnet Branch of the Northern Line , between West Finchley and Totteridge And Whetstone stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4 . HISTORY Woodside Park station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate And London Railway (EH&LR) and was originally opened as Torrington Park in 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over the EH&LR) in what was then rural Middlesex . The station was on a branch of a line that ran from Finsbury Park to Edgware via Highgate . The current station name was adopted in 1882 and the station was rebuilt in 1889 . After the " project begun in the late 1930s . Woodside Park station was first served by Northern Line trains in April 1940 . It still retains much of its original Victorian architectural character today. TRANSPORT LINKS London Bus route 383 terminates by the main station entrance. This is relatively recent; until about 2000 , no London Bus routes went near the station. LOCAL INFORMATION The station has a large adjacent area, originally for storing coal and now used as a car park. Until about 2000 , there was a second car park. A block of flats has now been built on this area. (The flats are clearly visible in the linked picture of platforms). The station is above ground. Both platforms are readily accessible from the street by wheelchair. The main entrance, with ticket office, is at the end of a Cul-de-sac (Woodside Park Road), adjacent to the car park entrance. This leads on to the southbound platform. A Victorian Post Box (with the initials VR, Victoria Regina, for Queen Victoria ) is set into the front wall of the station; it seems to date from the construction of the station. The entrance leading on to the northbound platform is also at the end of a cul-de-sac (Station Road), a turning off Holden Road. There is no automatic ticket barrier at the latter entrance, though there is a ticket collector's office, which is occasionally staffed. Just outside this entrance is a small building housing a minicab firm. To get from one platform to the other it is necessary to cross a footbridge, or to leave the station and make a journey round the adjacent streets. There is a route from the ticket office onto the bridge without going through the ticket barrier, but it is necessary to go through the barrier to get from either the bridge or the ticket office onto the southbound platform. This bridge may also be used to cross between Station Road and Woodside Park Road without entering the station. There are two sets of stairs at each end, one leading to the platform and the other to outside the station. EXTERNAL LINKS
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