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Last night train stops short of Crouch Hill all week

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The Crouch End Times newsroom
16 September 2026

After a points failure at Upper Holloway, the 23:03 from Barking Riverside terminates there until Friday 18 September, leaving Crouch Hill without its last service.

The last Suffragette line train of the night is not reaching Crouch Hill this week. Transport for London says that on Monday 14 to Friday 18 September the 23:03 from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak terminates at Upper Holloway at 23:38, one stop short of Crouch Hill. It follows a points failure at Upper Holloway on Monday, which brought severe delays and, for a time, no service at all between Gospel Oak and Upper Holloway.

Anyone coming home late to Crouch End or Stroud Green from the east should plan on the 23:03 no longer being a way home — it is a walk up Holloway Road or a bus from Upper Holloway. The line's northern tail is the bit passengers here actually use, and it is the bit that gets truncated first. The notice runs to Friday; whether the points hold after that is the question.

The facts
  • On Monday 14 to Friday 18 September the 23:03 train from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak terminates at Upper Holloway at 23:38.
  • A points failure at Upper Holloway caused severe delays on the Suffragette line on 14 September.
  • For part of 14 September there was no service between Gospel Oak and Upper Holloway.
  • Upper Holloway is one stop short of Crouch Hill and two short of Gospel Oak.
Sources and evidence

Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 16 September 2026.

  1. tfl.gov.uk/tube-dlr-overground/status/ (transport status)
Claim by claim (4 facts, 2 editorial judgements)
  • On Monday 14 to Friday 18 September the 23:03 train from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak terminates at Upper Holloway at 23:38. — transport status, 2026-09-14
    “SUFFRAGETTE LINE: Monday 14, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and Friday 18 Septenber, the 2303 train from Barking Riverside to Gospel Oak will terminate at Upper Holloway at 2338”
  • A points failure at Upper Holloway caused severe delays on the Suffragette line on 14 September. — transport status, 2026-09-14
    “Suffragette Line: Severe delays while we fix a points failure at Upper Holloway.”
  • For part of 14 September there was no service between Gospel Oak and Upper Holloway. — transport status, 2026-09-14
    “Suffragette Line: No service between Gospel Oak and Upper Holloway while we fix a points failure at Upper Holloway. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line.”
  • Upper Holloway is one stop short of Crouch Hill and two short of Gospel Oak. — transport status, 2026-09-14
    “No service between Gospel Oak and Upper Holloway”
  • Judgement: Late travellers to Crouch End and Stroud Green should not rely on the 23:03 and will need a bus or a walk instead.
  • Judgement: The northern end of the line is the section local passengers use, and it is the first to be cut when the line is disrupted.