Ponders End railway station

Ponders End
Ponders End

Location of Ponders End in Greater London
Location Ponders End
Local authority Enfield
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Owner Network Rail
Station code PON
Number of platforms 2
Accessible [1]
Fare zone 5

National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05 0.126 million[2]
2005–06 0.122 million[2]
2006–07 0.239 million[2]

1840 Opened

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Ponders End railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London at Ponders End, and is in Travelcard Zone 5, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, 16 km (9.9 mi) north of London Liverpool Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia. Ponders End serves the nearby Lee Valley Leisure Complex.

It is located at grid reference TQ360955.

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History

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne, and Ponders End station, was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840.[3]

The lines through Ponders End were electrified on May 5, 1969.[4]

Service

From Ponders End there is a half-hourly service to London Liverpool Street southbound and to Hertford East northbound. Sundays the service is hourly each direction, (northbound towards Cambridge).

The typical journey to Liverpool Street is 20 minutes.

Transport links

Bus

191.

References

  1. ^ "Train Station Information and Network Map". National Express East Anglia. http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/destinations/stations_route_map. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
  4. ^ White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Angel Road
Northumberland Park on Saturdays,
Tottenham Hale on Sundays
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Lea Valley Lines
West Anglia Main Line
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