The station reopened on 1 May 1875, but there were several further periods of temporary closure due to insufficient demand, including from August 1882 to March 1885 and September 1885 to May 1889.

[2] When it reopened in March 1891 after another closure it was renamed Alexandra Park in reference to the wider area rather than just the Palace in order to stoke higher demand.

Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and Mill Hill East and that section was incorporated into the Northern line.

Because of wartime economy measures, services were reduced to rush hours only, so that after the war the dwindling passenger numbers and a shortage of funds led to the cancellation of the unfinished works in 1950.

At Stroud Green the former Station Master's house still stands and sees residential use, but the platforms and buildings have been removed.