How To Do Interchanges
The London Overground wasn’t built to a generous budget and in some places it shows.
But not here in the two interchanges between the East and North London lines at Canonbury and Highbury and Islington stations.
The wide central platform handles a lot of the transfers with a simple walk across and then if you need to use the footbridge, there are lifts to avoid the stairs.
At Highbury and Islington, there is also a second footbridge,
Both stations have a coffee stall on the central platforms, which also have seats and shelters.
Note too how the freight train is some way from passengers due to the wide platform. This can’t be said of all stations on the Overground.
It just shows how a tight budget and good design often produce something that works well. If money had been no object, the stations would have had escalators, but these don’t allow for disabled and buggy access, which of course the stair/lift combination does.
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