Brimsdown railway station

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Brimsdown
Location
Place Enfield
Local authority Enfield
Operations
Station code BMD
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Owned by Network Rail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.328 million
2005/06 * 0.315 million
Transport for London
Zone 5
History
Key dates Opened 1884
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brimsdown from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Portal:Brimsdown railway station
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Brimsdown railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, 17 km (10¾ miles) north of London Liverpool Street. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by National Express East Anglia.

grid reference TQ363970

In 1951, Brimsdown railway station was used as the set for part of the Alexander Mackendrick film The Man in the White Suit, starring Alec Guinness (the station where Sidney Stratton tries to buy a ticket near the end of the film).

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[edit] 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 Great Eastern Railway in 1884.[1]

The lines through Brimsdown were electrified on May 5, 1969.[2]

[edit] Service

There is a half-hourly service southbound to London Liverpool Street and 2 trains per hour northbound to Hertford East. Sundays there is an hourly service towards Liverpool Street and Bishop's Stortford.

The typical journey time to Liverpool Street is 22 minutes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
  2. ^ White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Ponders End   National Express East Anglia
Lea Valley Lines
West Anglia Main Line
  Enfield Lock
West Anglia
Main Line

Bishop's Stortford
Sawbridgeworth
Harlow Mill
Harlow Town
Roydon
Broxbourne
Cheshunt
Waltham Cross
Enfield Lock
Brimsdown
Ponders End
Angel Road
Northumberland Park
Tottenham Hale
Hackney Downs
Liverpool Street