Hertford East railway station

Hertford East
The main entrance to the station
Location
Place	Hertford
Local authority	District of East Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL330129
Operations
Station code	HFE
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.303 million
2005/06	0.278 million
2006/07	0.626 million
2007/08	0.613 million
2008/09	0.615 million
2009/10	0.657 million
2010/11	0.719 million
2011/12	0.667 million
2012/13	0.775 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1888 (1888)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hertford East from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Hertford East railway station is one of two stations in Hertford in Hertfordshire, England, the other being Hertford North station. The station is 24 ¹⁄₄ miles (39.0 km) north of London Liverpool Street and is the terminus of the Hertford East Branch of the West Anglia Main Line with train services provided by Abellio Greater Anglia. There are two platforms, although one is only used at peak times.

History

The current station, which was designed by W.N. Ashbee, was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on Monday 27 February 1888, replacing a station further to the east which dated from the opening of the branch line from Broxbourne in 1843. The station was listed in 1974 as a Grade II* listed building;^[1] in 1996 the buffer lights on Platform One were separately listed in their own right.^[2]

Services and Amenities

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Hertford East (centre, shown here as G.E.)

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale. During peak times there is one train per hour to Stratford station also via Tottenham Hale as well as the standard three trains per hour to London Liverpool Street, but two are routed via Tottenham Hale and one is routed via Seven Sisters. These services are mostly operated by British Rail Class 317 units. On Sundays most services are operated by British Rail Class 315 units and routed via Southbury and Seven Sisters. A few trains on Monday to Friday start or terminate at Broxbourne.

View eastwards, out from stop blocks in 1959

The station benefits from both a kiosk and a taxi service.

Proposed developments

Some options of the proposed East West Rail Link involve reopening a route between Hertford East railway station and Hertford North railway station; however a 2009 discussion paper noted that while "the new connection appears technically feasible, doubts must be cast over its public acceptability and deliverability".^[3]

There is a proposal for Oyster cards to be accepted on the Hertford East route by Abellio Greater Anglia.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Hertford East railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ware		Abellio Greater Anglia Hertford East Branch Line		Terminus
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Ware towards Hampton Court or Twickenham or Shepperton or Chessington South or Epsom		Crossrail Line 2		Terminus

Coordinates: 51°47′56″N 0°04′23″W / 51.799°N 0.073°W / 51.799; -0.073