The
Muswell Hill Railway (MHR) opened the station on 24 May 1873 as
Alexandra Park (Muswell Hill). It was the intermediate station on the MHR's branch line from the
Great Northern Railway's (GNR) station at
Highgate to
Alexandra Palace. The line was constructed to bring passengers to
Alexandra Palace and the branch line opened at the same time as the palace. Following a fire at the palace, the line was closed from 1 August 1873 to 1 May 1875, with the station being given its final name when reopened. The other intermediate station on the line, , did not open until 1902. In 1911, the line was taken over by the GNR. After the
Railways Act 1921 created the
Big Four railway companies, the line became part of the
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) from 1923. In 1935,
London Transport planned, as part of its
Northern Heights plan, to take over the line from LNER together with their routes from to and . The line was to be modernised to use electric trains and amalgamated with the Northern line. At Finsbury Park, the line was to be connected to the Northern line's
City branch, so that services from Muswell Hill would have continued to . Advanced works modernising the track began in the late 1930s, which were interrupted by the Second World War. Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and with that section incorporated into the Northern line. Works on the tracks between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace were halted, with the LNER continuing to operate the line. In 1942, it was reduced to rush hour only operations because of wartime economies. After the war, no work was undertaken as maintenance works and reconstruction of war damage on the existing network had the greatest call on LPTB funds. Funds for new works were severely limited with priority given to the completion of the western and eastern extensions of the
Central line to , and . Despite being shown as under construction on underground maps as late as 1950, work never restarted on the unimplemented parts of the Northern Heights plan.
British Railways (the successor to the LNER) closed the line temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952, before the last passenger services between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace ran on 3 July 1954. The line continued to be used for goods services until 14 June 1956, when it was closed completely. The track was removed with platforms and station buildings demolished. {{Adjacent stations|noclear=y {{Rail line |previous=
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