Location Enfield Lock Station code ENL Accessible Yes Address Enfield, United Kingdom Number of platforms 2 | Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia DfT category E Fare zone 6 | |
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Similar Brimsdown railway station, Waltham Cross railway st, Turkey Street railway st, Enfield Island Village, Bulls Cross | ||
Enfield Lock railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, on the West Anglian Railway. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
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Enfield Lock was the main station for the Royal Small Arms Factory until its closure in the late 1980s, and now serves the large housing development on the site known as Enfield Island Village, as well as the nearby Innova Science and Business park.
History
The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. The station itself was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1855 as Ordnance Factory, later renamed in 1886 to Enfield Lock.
The lines through Enfield Lock were electrified on 5 May 1969.
Connections
London Buses routes 121 and 491 serve the station.