Hertford East railway station

Not to be confused with Hertford North railway station or Hartford railway station.

Hertford East
The main entrance to the station
Location
Place	Hertford
Local authority	East Hertfordshire
Operations
Station code	HFE
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information 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
History
Opened 1888 (1888)
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Hertford East railway station is one of two stations in Hertford in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 39 km (24¼ miles) north of London Liverpool Street. It is fifteen minutes' walk from Hertford North station.

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.

It is on the Hertford East Branch of the West Anglia Main Line, and train services are provided by Greater Anglia. There are two platforms, one of which is generally only used at peak times.

In addition, the station also boasts both a station kiosk and a taxi service.

Services

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 two to London Liverpool Street. These services are mostly operated by British Rail Class 317 units.

On Sundays, most services are operated by British Rail Class 315 units and are re-routed through Southbury and Seven Sisters.

View eastwards, out from stop blocks in 1959

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.

It is proposed to have Oyster cards accepted here by Abellio Greater Anglia.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ware		Greater Anglia Hertford East Branch Line		Terminus