Cheshunt railway station

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Cheshunt
Location
Place	Cheshunt
Local authority	Broxbourne
Operations
Station code	CHN
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Owned by	Network Rail
Platforms in use	3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.409 million
2005/06 *	1.408 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1846
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cheshunt from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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West Anglia

Main Line Cambridge Shelford Whittlesford Parkway Great Chesterford Audley End Newport Elsenham Stansted Mountfitchet Bishop's Stortford Sawbridgeworth Harlow Mill Harlow Town Roydon Broxbourne Cheshunt Tottenham Hale Liverpool Street

Cheshunt railway station serves the town of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the West Anglia Main Line, and train services are provided by National Express East Anglia.

National Express East Anglia has fulfilled a franchise commitment to extend the bay platform at Cheshunt to accommodate 8-coach trains (previously it could only accommodate up to 6 coaches). The works also involved replacing all existing station buildings, and replacing the station footbridge. Construction commenced in December 2005 and was largely complete by August 2006.

Contents 1 History 2 Service 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. Cheshunt station itself was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1846 .^[1]

The lines from Hackney Downs to Bishop's Stortford and Hertford East, including those through Cheshunt station, were electrified on November 21, 1960. The lines south from Cheshunt via Tottenham Hale were not electrified until May 5, 1969.^[2]

[edit] Service

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale
• 2tph to London Liverpool Street via Seven Sisters
• 2tph to Cambridge
• 2tph to Bishops Stortford, one of which is extended to Stansted Airport
• 2tph to Hertford East
• 1tph to Stratford

[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

• Train times and station information for Cheshunt railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Waltham Cross		National Express East Anglia Lea Valley Lines West Anglia Main Line		Broxbourne
Theobalds Grove		National Express East Anglia Lea Valley Lines