Broxbourne railway station

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Location Broxbourne Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia DfT category C2 Number of platforms 4		Grid reference TL374072 Station code BXB Fare zone B Local authority Borough of Broxbourne

Address Broxbourne EN10 7AS, United Kingdom Original company Northern and Eastern Railway Similar Rye House railway station, Cheshunt railway station, Hertford East railway st, Waltham Cross railway st, St Margarets (Hertfords

Broxbourne railway station, opened in 1840, serves the towns of Broxbourne and Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the West Anglia Main Line, and train services are provided by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also manages the station.

History

Broxbourne Station was officially opened by the Northern and Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. It was on their proposed line to Cambridge, but the next section of the line to Latton Mill (Harlow) was not opened until August 1841. Therefore, for a short period of time Broxbourne served as the terminus for the line which ran up the Lea Valley from Stratford Junction where it joined the Eastern Counties Railway. The station was moved from its original site in Station Road to the present site in 1959.

The station was Grade II listed in March 2009; "one of a very small number of post-war railway stations of clear architectural distinction".

Ticket barriers were installed in 2011.

The centre platforms (platforms 2 and 3) were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in December 2011, though initially no 12-coach trains were scheduled to call.

Of the four platforms, platform 1 is used by terminating or starting services to and from Liverpool Street, Stratford and Hertford East, platform 2 is used by services to Liverpool Street and Stratford, platform 3 is used by services to Hertford East, Cambridge and Bishops Stortford and platform 4 is used by services to Hertford East.

Service

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

4 tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street, of which:

2 call at Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale, taking 28 minutes.

2 call at Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Enfield Lock, Brimsdown, Ponders End, Tottenham Hale and Hackney Downs, taking 36 minutes.

2 tph to Stratford, of which

1 calls at Cheshunt, Enfield Lock, Northumberland Park and Tottenham Hale, taking 29 minutes.

1 calls at Cheshunt, Waltham Cross and Tottenham Hale.

2 tph to Hertford East, calling at Rye House, St Margarets and Ware, taking 17 minutes.

2 tph to Bishops Stortford, of which:

1 calls at Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill and Sawbridgeworth

1 calls at Harlow Town and Sawbridgeworth

2 tph to Cambridge, of which:

1 calls at Harlow Town, Bishop's Stortford, Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway.

1 calls at Roydon, Harlow Town, Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport, Audley End, Great Chesterford and Whittlesford Parkway, taking 59 minutes.

On Sundays the off-peak service is:

3 tph to London Liverpool Street, of which:

1 calls at Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale, taking 30 minutes.

1 calls at Cheshunt, Tottenham Hale and Hackney Downs.

1 call at Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Enfield Lock, Brimsdown, Ponders End and Tottenham Hale and Hackney Downs.

1tph to Stratford, calling at Cheshunt, Waltham Cross and Tottenham Hale.

2 tph to Hertford East as above, taking 18 minutes.

2 tph to Cambridge, of which:

1 calls at Harlow Town, Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway, taking 50 minutes.

1 calls at all stations.

References

Broxbourne railway station Wikipedia

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