Ponders End railway station

Ponders End
Ponders End Location of Ponders End in Greater London
Location	Ponders End
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Station code	PON
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.126 million[2]
2005–06	0.122 million[2]
2006–07	0.239 million[2]
2007–08	0.288 million[2]
2008–09	0.270 million[2]
2009–10	0.239 million[2]
2010–11	0.260 million[2]
2011–12	0.306 million[2]
2012–13	0.344 million[2]
2013–14	0.389 million[2]
2014–15	0.458 million[2]
Key dates
1840	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°38′32″N 0°02′07″W / 51.6421°N 0.03518°W

Ponders End railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London at Ponders End, and is in Travelcard Zone 5, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, 16 km (9.9 mi) north of London Liverpool Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. Ponders End serves the nearby Lee Valley Leisure Complex.

It is located at grid reference TQ360955.

History

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne, and Ponders End station, was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840.^[3]

The lines through Ponders End were electrified on 5 May 1969.^[4]

Service

There is a half-hourly service to London Liverpool Street via Hackney Downs southbound and to Hertford East northbound. Sundays the service is also half-hourly each direction, albeit direct to Stratford southbound and northbound towards Hertford East.

Connections

London Buses route 191 serve the station.

References

1. "Train Station Information and Network Map". National Express East Anglia. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
4. White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987

External links

• Train times and station information for Ponders End railway station from National Rail