It is 3 miles 0 chains (4.8 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction)[4] and is situated between Gospel Oak and Crouch Hill.

The current level of service is one train every 15 minutes in each direction except late evenings when it is half-hourly.

Holloway Road passes over the line and steps and ramps for wheelchair users, buggies, bikes etc.

There are brick-built shelters on each platform and the station staff operate out of a small portable office.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside.