Camden Town tube station Camden Town tube station Camden Town is a London Underground station on the Northern line. It is a major junction for the line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy with visitors to the Camden markets at weekends, and is exit-only on Sundays to prevent overcrowding. Northbound, the next stations are on the Edgware branch and on the High Barnet branch. Southbound, the next stations are on the Charing Cross branch and on the Bank branch. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station was first proposed as part of the
London King's Cross railway station by more lines than any other station on the London Underground. In 2005, it was the busiest tube station, but has been overtaken by others since. It is in Travelcard Zone 1 and caters for both Kings Cross and the neighbouring St. Pancras railway station. The station opened as part of the first section of Metropolitan Railway project on 10 January 1863; the first part of the Underground to open. It was expanded to accommodate the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (now the Piccadilly line) in 1906, with the City & South London Railway (now the Northern line) opening