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 Arnos Grove tube station -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Arnos Grove tube station is a (additional info and facts about tube station) tube station on the (additional info and facts about Piccadilly line) Piccadilly line, in (additional info and facts about Travelcard Zone 4) Travelcard Zone 4.
The name was chosen after public deliberation: alternatives were 'Arnos Park', 'Bowes Road', and 'Southgate'.
The station is one of the (additional info and facts about Charles Holden) Charles Holden-designed stations on the Cockfosters extension of the line, making a unified architectural set with similar stations like (additional info and facts about Wood Green) Wood Green and (additional info and facts about Bounds Green) Bounds Green.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ar/arnos_grove_tube_station.htm   (348 words)

  
 Palmers Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1871 the railway line from Wood Green to Enfield was opened and a station was built in Aldermans Hill to serve Palmers Green (half a mile away from the nearest houses).
There is a mention of a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340 in local records.
Palmers Green was mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palmers_Green   (266 words)

  
 Southgate tube station
Like Arnos Grove, Oakwood and Cockfosters, it is a Grade II listed building.
Southgate tube station is a London Underground Piccadilly Line tube station in Southgate, London, England.
The station is circular in shape, and was built as a bus/tube station complex, with an arcade of shops surrounding it.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/southgate_tube_station   (251 words)

  
 Southgate, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1933, the North Circular Road was completed through Edmonton and Southgate, and also in 1933, the London Underground Piccadilly Line was extended from Arnos Grove (where it had reached the previous year), through Southgate tube station, on to Enfield West (now known as Oakwood).
This is reflected in the street names Chase Road (which leads due north from the station to Oakwood, and was formerly the avenue into the Chase) and Chase Side.
Southgate was originally the South Gate to Enfield Chase, the King's hunting grounds.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southgate,_London   (445 words)

  
 alwaystouchout.com - JNP (Jubilee, Northern & Piccadilly) upgrade
All stations will be at least refurbished by 2011; modernisation is planned at 25 Northern Line stations which are detailed in TfL's Focus on the Tube document.
Modernisation is planned for 14 Piccadilly line stations including Earl's Court, Gloucester Road, Knightsbridge, Green Park, Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Holborn and King's Cross.
Tube Lines have said that they will replace the entire trackwork for these lines (except the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE)) in the first Review Period (the first 7.5 years of the contract, after which they will be assessed).
www.alwaystouchout.com /project/46   (680 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times
Police are investigating a serious sexual assault on a 33-year-old woman at Arnos Grove Tube station car park in the early hours of Thursday last week.
Police would like to hear from any cab driver who recalls speaking to a young woman, or anyone who was in the Arnos Grove area, between 11.30pm on Wednesday and 3am on Thursday last week, including anyone travelling on a bus arriving in Arnos Grove between 11.30pm and midnight.
Later she was taken to a rape suite at Hendon and described her attackers as black, of muscular build and above average height.
www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=64645   (169 words)

  
 Aitchisonians - Estate Agents London N11 - Selection of property
Arnos Grove Tube Station and New Southgate British Rail.
Close to local amenities; New Southgate BR and Arnos Grove Tube Station.
Located close to Bounds Green Tube Station and local amenities.
www.findaproperty.co.uk /agent.aspx?agentid=5557&opt=list&salerent=1   (285 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London
She claimed that while waiting at a bus stop by Arnos Grove Tube station she was pounced on, dragged into nearby bushes and stripped before being raped.
At the time of the alleged incident, the woman said, she was on her way to Richmond to catch a glimpse of her idol, Michael Jackson.
Crown prosecutor Simon Mayo told the Old Bailey that when detectives later searched the scene they found the woman's torn bra in a bush with two condoms and a tissue nearby.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=91912   (315 words)

  
 Track & Traction Current
Here, in this deep level tube station, the current rails are of lighter section than the running rails, which have been upgraded to flat bottom rail.
Fig 2: Photo of London Underground track at a typical tube station with a suicide pit.
In stations, as shown above, a "suicide pit" is provided between the running rails to assist with the removal of bodies from under trains.
www.trainweb.org /tubeprune/tractioncurr.htm   (4089 words)

  
 From omnibus to ecobus, 1919-1938, 2nd page
A number of the stations built during the 1930s, including Oakwood (formerly Enfield West), Southgate, Arnos Grove and Sudbury Town, as well as Holden's building at 55 Broadway, were designated as being of "special architectural interest" in 1971.
Early Tube carriages were made of wood and resembled railway carriages in their design.
The 1956 Routemaster bus and the 1938 Tube stock exemplify the aims of the London Transport style - high quality recognisable design that is both attractive and functional and the use of new materials that are easy to clean and maintain.
www.ltmuseum.co.uk /learning/online_resources/ecobus_omnibus/pg/1919a.htm   (1119 words)

  
 7 July 2005 London bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King's Cross St. Pancras tube station remained open only to Metropolitan Line services in order to facilitate the ongoing recovery and investigation effort for a week, though Victoria Line services were restored on July 15 and Northern Line services on July 18.
Much of King's Cross station was also closed, with the ticket hall and waiting area being used as a makeshift hospital to treat casualties on the spot.
Although the station reopened later in the day, only suburban rail services were able to use it, with Intercity trains terminating at Peterborough (the service was fully restored the following Saturday).
www.rstolley.com /7_July_2005_London_bombings.htm   (5715 words)

  
 CULG - Piccadilly Line
Though the line is described as east/westbound throughout, the section from Cockfosters to Holborn was formerly known as north/southbound, and evidence of this remains in old signs and the platform numbering.
The original layout between the tube mouths (at Barons Court) and Hammersmith had the Piccadilly tracks on the north side of the District; both this section and the tracks westwards to Acton Town were now rearranged, with the Piccadilly Line running between the District tracks.
The tube section of the extension was all built with a diameter of 3.81m (12'6").
www.davros.org /rail/culg/piccadilly.html   (2587 words)

  
 UK National Bahá'í Centre
Like Heathrow Airport and Arnos Grove - the station for Shoghi Effendi's Resting Place - this station is on the Piccadilly Line and it makes a convenient stopping off point for those who have time to break a journey to the New Southgate Cemetery.
The nearest underground (tube, subway, metro) station is Knightsbridge, less than a mile from the Centre.
Visitors using this means of public transport should exit the station onto Knightsbridge and make their way left, or west, across Brompton Road and towards Kensington Road.
www.bahai.org.uk /shoghi/uknbc.htm   (442 words)

  
 Life Underground
Tube stations in tunnel sections are provided with "suicide pits" (photo).
As the train went through Green Park station the guard called the driver on the cab to cab phone to tell him that "There is someone on the train." The driver stopped the train, went back to investigate and discovered a young man hanging on between two of the cars.
The staff at the station kept the kettle full of hot water for the convenience of train drivers, who would run in and fill their tea cans with hot water from time to time.
www.trainweb.org /tubeprune/Life%2520Underground.htm   (7396 words)

  
 Charles Holden
A number of them - including Enfield West (now Oakwood), Southgate, Arnos Grove and the original Sudbury Town - were in 1971 designated as of "special architectural interest", as was the 55 Broadway headquarters building.
James's Park tube station, was original and modern: not just a building but a complete design.
55 Broadway, Holden's building forLondon Underground's headquarters above St James' Park tube station.
www.tocatch.info /en/Charles_Holden.htm   (736 words)

  
 3 bedroom property for sale in Marshalls Close, New Southgate N11
This modern property, built in 1985, benefits from Off street parking, being situated in a quiet cul-de-sac within a ten minutes walk of Arnos Grove tube station (Picadilly line).
A three bedroom semi detached house located in a quiet cul-de-sac in New Southgate.
The property comprises 23ft long reception room access to part decked, part gravelled garden, kitchen with the three bedrooms and bathroom situated on the first floor.
www.halfapercent.com /details/print-details.jsp?ID=7613   (251 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Edgware Times
The man was outside Arnos Grove Tube station at about 3.45pm last Tuesday when the four attackers approached him and asked him for money.
One of the gang then pushed him to the ground and punched him in the mouth before taking his property and running off.
A 19-YEAR-OLD student had his personal stereo and wallet containing £10 stolen by a gang of youths.
www.edgwaretimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=95634   (104 words)

  
 Looking for housemates for this property in Arnos grove, near oakwood - Student Accommodation notice board
The flat is five minutes walk from Arnos Grove tube station.
Address: xx Friern barnet road, Arnos grove, near oakwood, London, N11 1NA
New Southgate WAGN station is one miniute walk - (good for getting back from central london late at night.
www.accommodationforstudents.com /notices/notice.asp?id=182966   (298 words)

  
 Ramblings of a Ruislip Commuter
At least the station announcer was on track, telling people on the platform to take the first train and change.
In a crowded tube carriage you cannot choose your neighbours and you must, perforce, inhale the air expelled those around you.
They stood in the doorway of the cabs and on the platform and laughed and joked with the announcer and the man with the clipboard who assigns drivers (this station being one of the main centres for drivers starting and finishing shifts).
goruislip.blogspot.com   (1795 words)

  
 Europe inns - Bed and Breakfast near or in Enfield in United Kingdom: Bay Tree House Bed & Breakfast
We are only a 4 minute walk from the Arnos Grove Tube Station, on the Piccadilly line, which takes you to the city centre in 20 minutes.
Overlooking a massive park complete with tennis courts and a rushing brook, our road is quietly residential, yet just around the corner from the Arnos Grove Tube station.
We are located in New Southgate, the London Borough of Enfield, North London.
www.europeinns.com /UnitbnbJam873258220Mon040507341808Bay.htm   (556 words)

  
 Minutes of the NEW SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY FORUM
Ivan Symons reported that he had contacted Dudley Pope, Manager of Arnos Grove Tube Station who agreed to look into the suggestion but foresaw problems because the chair lift would be exposed to the elements.
Benjamin commented if the station office was relocated disabled access to the car park could be achieved quite easily as a slope could be installed to cater for the small decline down to the car park.
Jane Schindleholz (Arnos West Community Association) confirmed that the sides of the trees had been trimmed but not the crowns.
democracy.enfield.gov.uk /docs/community/new-southgate/minutes/190701.htm   (2440 words)

  
 146oakleigh
A top floor converted flat forming part of this imposing Victorian house situated in this most convenient position for either Arnos Grove (Piccadilly Line) tube or New Southgate BR station (trains to Kings Cross and Moorgate).
We have been informed by the owner that all the outside of the building together with communal areas are all going to be re-decorated and new tarmac laid to the car park area.
www.james-hayward.com /Listings/146oakleigh/146oakleigh.html   (69 words)

  
 pubs near Arnos Grove Tube station # beerintheevening.com
found 160 pubs within 3 miles of Arnos Grove Tube station.
Nice Bar, a little bit out of the way, but right next to cockfosters tube station,...
Woooooo i love the Mojo, and the June Bug the cocktails here are fab and they have...
www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/results.shtml/tu/11/page/5/show_comments/5   (1121 words)

  
 funded projects
Focus Training Centre is situated in the New Southgate area of North London, positioned directly opposite Arnos Grove Tube station with numerous bus routes, it is conveniently located to serve the whole of the London Borough of Enfield.
The aim of this project is to prevent social exclusion prior to adulthood.
Focus Training Centre is an organisation set up to provide up-skilling, education and training for adults who live and work in the London Borough of Enfield.
www.hertsmedia.com /focus/fundedprojects.htm   (224 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Bucks Free Press
Police were alerted and one man was arrested at Arnos Grove Tube station after being identified by the victim.
Two men stole two gold chains and a mobile phone from the student just after 2.30pm before jumping on a number 184 bus towards Wood Green.
The second suspect escaped by running across tracks.
www.bucksfreepress.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=65598   (109 words)

  
 Seven Seas Magazine - personal essays from around the globe.
A sign at the next station announced that the next train to Cockfosters--the stop after Southgate--would be arriving in just a few minutes.
After a few days of driving around the countryside in our rented car, we settled into our room in Southgate--a small town just north of London, where Deb had lived for a semester during college.
The station was quiet, except for the far end, where a couple was quite obviously in the middle of an argument.
www.sevenseasmagazine.com /march2003/mar03_kristin.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times
Crossing the road out of Brunswick Park you enter Enfield and Southgate, named because it was originally the south gate into the Enfield Chase.
For the second section of the walk continue through Arnos Park, walk up Wilmer Way and cross to the right into Powys Lane past Broomfield Park, where there are toilets and an information centre.
This section of the walk ends near Palmers Green railway station where Pymmes Brook meets New River, which supplies London with 180 million litres of drinking water every day.
www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=54397   (814 words)

  
 Austin Chambers & Co - Estate Agents London N12 - Selection of property
It is within a quarter of a mile from New Southgate Main Line Station and within three quarters of a mile from Arnos Grove Underground Station.
Arnos Grove Tube Station is within three quarters of a mile Ref: FAP/ac.sp.bea
www.findaproperty.co.uk /agent.aspx?agentid=0883&opt=list   (1759 words)

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