The stations, named after the nearby road (now York Way), were close to each other, but on different lines.
It was opened so that the railway could earn revenue from visitors travelling to visit the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Covered by a double-span train shed, there were two platforms and two release roads.
On 7 December 1850, the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway (later to become the North London Railway) opened from Highbury & Islington to its Camden Town station (since renamed Camden Road), with intermediate stations at Maiden Lane and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury.
Camden Council has suggested this station could be rebuilt and reopened, in conjunction with the King's Cross Central redevelopment project.