Location Cambridge Heath Managed by London Overground DfT category F1 | Local authority Station code CBH Number of platforms 2 | |
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Cambridge Heath is a London Overground station in Cambridge Heath, east London. It is 1 mile 61 chains (2.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Bethnal Green and London Fields on the Lea Valley Lines to Cheshunt and Enfield Town. Its three-letter station code is CBH and it is in Travelcard zone 2.
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History
The station was opened on 27 May 1872. It was closed as a wartime economy from 22 May 1916 and reopened 5 May 1919. The station, along with neighbouring London Fields, was for many years only served during weekday peak periods, with regular daytime services not restarting until 1998, and evening and Saturday services from 2001.
Oyster pay as you go cards were introduced at the station in 2008.
The station and all services that call were previously operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. In 2015 Cambridge Heath transferred to London Overground and now appears on the tube map.
Services
The typical weekday off-peak service from Cambridge Heath is four trains per hour southbound to London Liverpool Street and two trains per hour northbound to Cheshunt and two to Enfield Town. Service frequency is increased at peak times. London Overground services pass on the fast lines.
Connections
London Buses 26, 48, 55, 106, 254, 388 and the D prefix route D6 and night routes N26, N55 and N253 serve the station.