Roydon railway station
Roydon  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Roydon |
| Local authority | District of Epping Forest |
| Coordinates | 51°46′30″N 0°02′10″E / 51.775°N 0.036°ECoordinates: 51°46′30″N 0°02′10″E / 51.775°N 0.036°E |
| Grid reference | TL405104 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | RYN |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 91,905 |
| 2005/06 |
 90,064 |
| 2006/07 |
 96,810 |
| 2007/08 |
0.100 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.111 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.104 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.111 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.115 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.127 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.132 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1844 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Roydon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Roydon railway station serves the village of Roydon in Essex, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
The station has an unusual staggered platform layout; the two platforms do not face each other and are on opposite sides of a level crossing. The station maintains a staffed ticket office, which is open during weekday peak hours.[1]
History
The station was designed by Francis Thompson[2] and opened by the Northern and Eastern Railway in 1844.[3] The main station building was abandoned by British Railways in 1978[4] and remained unoccupied until being converted into a restaurant. The main station building was given Grade II listed status on 30 April 1971.[5]
The station's signal box, built in 1876, is one of only two surviving examples of the GER Type I signal box.[6]
Services
The typical off-peak Monday-Saturday service is:
- 1 train per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street
- 1 tph to Stratford
- 1 tph to Cambridge
- 1tph to Bishops Stortford
The typical Sunday service is:
- 1 tph to Liverpool Street
- 1 tph to Cambridge
References
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/RYN/details.html
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp227-240#anchorn39
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63857
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63857
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (118815)". Images of England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ http://services.english-heritage.org.uk/ResearchReportsPdfs/028-2012WEB.pdf
External links
- Train times and station information for Roydon railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Details from image database (118815)". Images of England.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | Abellio Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line Slow |
Harlow Town | ||