Cockfosters is a London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 station on the Piccadilly Line

Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...

 for which it is the northern terminus. The station is located on Cockfosters Road (A111) approximately 9 miles from central London

London

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 and serves Cockfosters

Cockfosters

Cockfosters is a suburb of North London, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. The counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex respectively are still used in postal addresses.The name has been recorded as far back as 1524, and is thought to be either...

 in the London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Barnet

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 although it is actually located a short distance across the borough boundary in the neighbouring London Borough of Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

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. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5

Travelcard Zone 5

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 and the next station south-east is Oakwood

Oakwood tube station

Oakwood is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line. It is the second most northerly station on the line, between Southgate and Cockfosters stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 5...

.
The station opened on 31 July 1933, the last of the stations on the extension

Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension

The Piccadilly line extension to Cockfosters added eight new stations to the northern end of London Underground's Piccadilly Line. The extension through north London from to was opened in three stages between 19 September 1932 and 31 July 1933.-Need:...

 of the line from Finsbury Park

Finsbury Park station

Finsbury Park Station is a busy transport interchange in North London. The interchange consists of an interconnected National Rail station, London Underground station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place...

 to do so and four months after Oakwood station (then called Enfield West) opened.