Enfield Town railway station

Enfield Town

Enfield Town Location of Enfield Town in Greater London
Location	Enfield
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	London Overground
Station code	ENF
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes ^[1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	1.507 million^[2]
2009–10	1.402 million^[2]
2010–11	1.400 million^[2]
2011–12	1.565 million^[2]
2012–13	1.604 million^[2]
2013–14	1.825 million^[2]
Key dates
1849	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°39′06″N 0°04′45″W / 51.6516°N 0.0792°W / 51.6516; -0.0792

Enfield Town railway station is the most central of several stations in Enfield (north London). It is the terminus of the line served by London Overground from Liverpool Street, one of the Lea Valley Lines. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by London Overground. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5.

Enfield is also served by the Hertford Loop Line with a station at Enfield Chase on the opposite side of the town centre. The nearest station on the West Anglia Main Line is at Ponders End. Enfield Lock railway station is not located in central Enfield.

Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street. In the peak times four trains each hour serve the station and there are even more trains serving the station on Tottenham Hotspur's match days. Enfield Town station has entry/exit barriers which require passengers to use their Oyster/Freedom passes. Unusually for this line, there are no stairs at Enfield Town, as the platforms are at street level.

History

The station was opened in 1848 by the Eastern Counties Railways as "Enfield".

A house which stood on the site since the late 17th century is said to have been the birthplace of Isaac D'Israeli (father of Benjamin Disraeli) and later to have become a school, where John Keats was educated. It became the station house before being demolished in 1872. The fine seventeenth-century brickwork facade, once attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, was dismantled, and reconstructed in the South Kensington Museum.^[3]^[4]

The station in 1957

Its place was taken by a brick station building with an attached station-master's house and a walled forecourt. This in turn was replaced in 1957 by the present building by the British Railways architect H. H. Powell.^[5] Ticket barriers were installed in 2012.

On 31 May 2015 the station transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.^[6]^[7]

This change to London Overground will mean that Freedom Pass holders will be able to use their passes at any time, as on the Underground, thus avoiding the need to additionally carry an Oyster card when making journeys prior to 9:30a.m.

Connections

London Buses routes 121, 191, 192, 231, 307, 313, 317, 329, 377, W8, W9 and W10 and night route N29 serve the station.

References

↑ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail Enquiries. National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 March 2009.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ Ford, Edward; Hodson, George H. (1873). "A History of Enfield in the County of Middlesex. Enfield. p. 206.
↑ "Architectural-facade". Victoria and Albert Museum.
↑ Connor, Jim (2004). Branch Lines to Enfield Town and Palace Gates. Middleton Press. p. 96. ISBN 9781904474326.
↑ TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
↑ TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014

Gallery

Platform 1 looking north to buffers
Platform 2 looking south
Platform 3 looking north to buffers, with unit 315848 awaiting departure from platform 2
Old platform signage with National Express logo

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enfield Town railway station.

External links

Train times and station information for Enfield Town railway station from National Rail
grid reference TQ330965

London Overground
Bush Hill Park towards Liverpool Street		Lea Valley Lines via Stamford Hill		Terminus
Edmonton Green towards Liverpool Street		Lea Valley Lines via Stratford (Limited service)		Terminus

Lea Valley Lines and Hertford East Branch Line

Cheshunt via Stamford Hill and Southbury	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Southbury Turkey Street Theobalds Grove Cheshunt

Chingford	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Hackney Downs Clapton St James Street Walthamstow Central Wood Street Highams Park Chingford

Enfield Town via Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Bush Hill Park Enfield Town

Hertford East via Hackney Downs and Tottenham Hale	London Liverpool Street Hackney Downs Tottenham Hale Ponders End Brimsdown Enfield Lock Waltham Cross Cheshunt Broxbourne Rye House St Margarets Ware Hertford East

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Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

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Former BR sectors

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London Overground & TfL Rail

London Overground or TfL Rail routes serving this station

Enfield & Cheshunt Line	London Liverpool Street Stratford Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Bush Hill Park Enfield Town Southbury Turkey Street Theobalds Grove Cheshunt