Wood Green tube station

Wood Green station stands on the Piccadilly line between Turnpike Lane and Bounds Green. It sits at the junction of High Road and Lordship Lane in the London Borough of Haringey. The station serves Wood Green Shopping City and the nearby Haringey Council complex. A densely populated residential area surrounds it. It is also the closest tube station to Alexandra Palace. The station opened in 1932 when the Cockfosters extension from Finsbury Park began service. Architect Charles Holden designed it in the modernist style he developed for London Transport in the 1930s. The building features a curved frontage with two ventilation towers and a shop on High Road. Since 2011 it has been a grade II listed building. Every station building between Turnpike Lane and Cockfosters is now listed. Below the surface the station is lined with biscuit-coloured tiles and green friezes. The tunnels are 7 metres in diameter, designed for larger passenger numbers than nearby stations. A reversing siding to the north turns northbound trains back towards central London. In 1976 a Provisional IRA bomb exploded on an empty train here, injuring one passenger. The station’s design and history make it a notable example of 1930s Underground architecture.