Palmers Green railway station

Palmers Green

Palmers Green Location of Palmers Green in Greater London
Location	Palmers Green
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	Thameslink and Great Northern
Station code	PAL
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.774 million^[1]
2005–06	0.795 million^[1]
2006–07	1.503 million^[1]
2007–08	1.815 million^[1]
2008–09	1.483 million^[1]
2009–10	1.550 million^[1]
2010–11	1.623 million^[1]
2011–12	1.662 million^[1]
2012–13	1.680 million^[1]
Key dates
1871	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°37′06″N 0°06′37″W / 51.6184°N 0.1102°W / 51.6184; -0.1102

Palmers Green railway station, in Aldermans Hill, is in the London Borough of Enfield in north London, in Travelcard Zone 4. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Thameslink and Great Northern.

The station was originally named Palmers Green and Southgate.

There is a regular Sunday Community Market in the station car park.^[2] Platform One has a sheltered waiting room. There is a refreshments, coffee and treats kiosk open in the morning on Platform 1. Also, there is a pub opening at the station main entrance.

Services

The service runs to Moorgate on weekdays until about 10.00pm, and into London Kings Cross at night on Mondays to Fridays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Normally the service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate, although on weekends sometimes class 317 EMUs are used instead. The station features a Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting cash, debit cards and credit cards.

The typical off-peak weekday service is 3 trains per hour to Moorgate, and 2 trains per hour to Hertford North and one per hour to Letchworth Garden City via Stevenage.

At weekends, the service is a half hourly service to Hertford North and an hourly service to Stevenage and three trains per hour to London Kings Cross.

Connections

London Buses routes 121; W6 and school route 616 serve the station.

Gallery

Platforms facing Northbound
Platforms facing Southbound
Platform signage

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bowes Park		Thameslink and Great Northern Hertford Loop Line		Winchmore Hill

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ http://www.palmersgreenmarket.com/Palmers_Green_Market/HOME.html

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palmers Green railway station.

Train times and station information for Palmers Green railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

Transport for London	Air Line Buses (East London Transit) Coach Station Cycle Hire Dial-a-Ride London Rail Docklands Light Railway London Overground TfL Rail Tramlink Under construction: Crossrail London River Services London Streets London Underground Night Tube Source London Taxi and Private Hire office

Bus operators	Abellio Arriva East Herts & Essex Arriva London Arriva Southern Counties CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

River operators	Bateaux London City Cruises Crown River Cruises Livett's Launches Lower Thames and Medway Passenger Boat Company Thames Clippers Thames Executive Charters Thames River Services Westminster Passenger Services Association

Train operators	Abellio Greater Anglia Stansted Express c2c Caledonian Sleeper Chiltern Railways East Midlands Trains Eurostar First Great Western First Hull Trains Grand Central Govia Thameslink Railway Thameslink and Great Northern Heathrow Connect Heathrow Express London Midland London Overground South West Trains Southeastern Southern Gatwick Express Virgin Trains Virgin Trains East Coast

Other	Global Infrastructure Partners Heathrow Airport Holdings Port of London Authority

Airports

Within London	City Heathrow Private: Biggin Hill Damyns Hall London Heliport Military: Northolt

Outside London	Gatwick Luton Southend Stansted Proposed: Thames Estuary

Major stations

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

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Great Northern Route

GN core route stations	King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin

Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park

Hertford Loop Line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill, Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone

Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough

Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Train operating company	Great Northern (part of Govia Thameslink Railway)

Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect

Closed line	Varsity Line

Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet

Future stations and infrastructure	Cambridge Science Park Hitchin flyover

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern
Suburban

Southern routes serving this station

None

Southeastern routes serving this station

None

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

Govia - National Rail - Thameslink and Great Northern - Southeastern - Southern - Gatwick Express - South West Trains