New Southgate railway station
New Southgate railway station is on the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield in north London, in Travelcard Zone 4. It is down the line from . The station, and all trains serving it, have been operated by Great Northern since 14 September 2014. Location. The station is administered by the London Borough of Enfield, although the boundary with the London Borough of Barnet runs through the station, rather than along one side. The station has exits into both boroughs. History. Building of the station. The station opened by order  of the Middlesex Justices (see Middlesex Guildhall), on 7 August 1850 as Colney Hatch & Southgate station or Colney Hatch station by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The Justices insisted on trains stopping daily for the benefit of the Second Middlesex County Asylum opened that year at Colney Hatch, which became Friern Hospital and closed in 1993. The original booking office, which sat on a bridge across the railway lines, burned down in 1976 and was replaced by a portakabin. Service patterns. The station was built next to the asylum, with a siding which connected by a tramway to the stores  depot in the grounds. There was one train hourly to Hatfield in the north and to Hornsey and King's Cross in the south in 1860, when the journey to King's Cross took 18 minutes. Trains, as before, ran hourly in 1975. Renamings. The name of the station has changed five times: to "Southgate and Colney Hatch" on 1 February 1855; to "New Southgate and Colney Hatch" on 1 October 1876; to "New Southgate for Colney Hatch" on 1 March 1883; to "New Southgate and Friern Barnet" on 1 May 1923; and finally to "New Southgate" on 18 March  1971, Operators. The GNR came under the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) after "Grouping" in 1923, before British Railways took over upon nationalisation in 1948. WAGN (an acronym of West Anglia, Great Northern) operated the service from 1997 to 2006. Ticketing. In autumn 2008, a self-service ticket machine widening payment methods to accept cash and debit/credit cards, was installed at the eastern street-level entrance. An older PERTIS machine remains in situ. Services. The service to Moorgate is operated using class 717 EMUs. The typical off-peak service is three trains an hour to Moorgate, reduced to  two after 7:00 pm. Night and weekend trains run every 30 minutes. There are three trains an hour to Welwyn Garden City, reduced to two in the late evenings and at weekends. A few additional Thameslink trains to and from Kings Cross call in the weekday business peaks (into London in the morning, returning in the evening). Connections. London Buses routes 221, 232, 382 and night route N91 serve the station.