[7] The station was opened by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) on 1 March 1933 on its line to High Barnet.

[8] It opened to serve new housing developing in the area and was built with only modest station structures from the outset.

[10] The section of the High Barnet branch north of East Finchley was incorporated into the London Underground network through the "Northern Heights" project begun in the late 1930s.

[8] The main entrance is in Nether Street; there is a small front garden between the pavement and the building containing the booking office, though it is not accessible to the public (there are high fences on each side of the path).

This small entrance was closed for security reasons during the weeks following the 7 July 2005 London bombings although it has now reopened.