Essex Road

Essex Road station, 181 Essex Road, Islington, Greater London
N1 2SU

Essex Road at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Customer Help Points

Essex Road Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet at the concourse. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is a Low-Level counter here

Impaired Mobility Set Down

Yes

Lift Details

Lift 2, Station Entrance to Subway (No step free access to the platforms)
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift is a through lift which has a 1.5 metre turning circle inside
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths greater than 1.1m wide

Lift 1, Station Entrance to Subway (No step free access to the platforms)
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift is a through lift with no turning circle
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths greater than 1.1m wide

Lifts

There are lifts

Passenger Assistance

Essex Road Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet at the concourse. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Staff Help Available

Yes

Step Free Access

C, no step-free access to any platform

This is a Category C station: This station does not have step-free access.

The Assistance Meeting Point is on the concourse.

Step Free Category

C, no step-free access to any platform

This station does not offer

Accessible Parking, Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Accessible Booking Office Counter, Escalator Information, Induction Loop, National Key Toilets, Nearest Accessible Stations, Ramp For Train Access, Ticket Barriers, Wheelchairs Available

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit greatnorthernrail.com/contactless.

London Fare Zone

Zone 2

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Great Northern

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Office

Smartcards

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Great Northern website.


Validators Available

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Office

Yes

This station does not offer

Ticket Machine Accessibility, Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

Cycle Storage Cctv

Yes

Cycle Storage Location

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.

Cycle Storage Spaces

6 spaces

Cycle Storage Availability

Yes

Drop Off Pick Up

Drop-off Points
Point 1: Drop-off/pick-up
Same Side As Station: The drop-off and/or pick-up point is on the same side of the road as the station
Waiting Area: This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point
Facility Type:
Car Capacity: There is space for up to 3 vehicles to drop-off and/or pick-up
Ramp Deployable:
Help Point: There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Essex Road - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/4sZqoYD1qKU1izgCRP40Rx/5940a34180b55a6f91c5c404775bd274/2025-01_CI_GN_RRB_EXR_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Car Park, Cycle Hire, Cycle Storage Sheltered, Cycle Storage Type, Parking Spaces, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is on the concourse.


All Help Points have induction loops

Helpline

Staff are available at this station at all times for providing assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Assistance can be provided unbooked (turn up and go) or pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.

Whether you pre book assistance or travel unbooked, please contact a member of staff on arrival. We recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

For further information on assisted travel please see:

Accessibility at the station - Great Northern.

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

If you have lost something at a Great Northern station or onboard a Great Northern train, please visit the Great Northern website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Great Northern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

Staffing Level

Full time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
24 Hours

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

This station does not offer

Atm Machine, Baby Change, Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Shops, Refreshment Facilities, Toilets, Trolleys, Waiting Room, WiFi

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