Location Enfield Accessible Yes Number of platforms 3 | Grid reference TQ330965 Station code ENF Fare zone 5 | |
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Similar Cheshunt railway station, Enfield Chase railway st, Edmonton Green railway st, Seven Sisters station, Southbury railway station | ||
Enfield Town is the northern terminus of a branch of the Lea Valley Lines, on the London Overground network. It is the most central of several stations in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 10 miles 55 chains (17.2 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street, the southern terminus.
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Its three-letter station code is ENF and it is in Travelcard zone 5. In 2015 the line and Enfield Town station were transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to London Overground and added to the Tube map.
History
The station was opened on 1 March 1849 by the Eastern Counties Railways as Enfield. It was renamed Enfield Town on 1 April 1886.
A house which had stood on the site since the late 17th century is said to have been the birthplace of Isaac D'Israeli, father of Benjamin Disraeli. It later became a school, at which John Keats was educated. It then became the original station-house before being demolished in 1872. The fine 17th-century brickwork facade, once attributed to Christopher Wren, was dismantled, and reconstructed at South Kensington Museum.
Its place was taken by a brick station building with an attached station-master's house and a walled forecourt. This in turn was replaced in 1957 by the present building by the British Railways architect H. H. Powell. Ticket barriers were installed in 2012.
Operation of the station was transferred from National Express to Abellio Greater Anglia in 2012, and again in 2015 from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground.
Stations in Enfield
Enfield town is also served by the Hertford Loop Line with a station at Enfield Chase on the opposite side of the town centre. The nearest station on the West Anglia Main Line is at Ponders End. Enfield Lock is another main line station in the north of the town, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines.
Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street. At peak times four trains per hour serve the station and there are additional trains on Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's matchdays, which do not call at all stations along the line.
Unusually for this line, there are no stairs at Enfield Town, as the platforms are at street level.
Connections
The station is served by London Buses routes 121, 191, 192, 231, 307, 313, 317, 329, 377, 629, W8, W9 and W10, and also by night route N29.