Ponders End railway station

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Ponders End
National Rail
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Ponders End is located in Greater London
Ponders End

Location of Ponders End in Greater London
Location Ponders End
Local authority Enfield
Managed by Greater Anglia
Station code PON
Number of platforms 2
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access [1]
Fare zone 5

National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05 0.126 million[2]
2005–06 Increase 0.122 million[2]
2006–07 Increase 0.239 million[2]
2007–08 Increase 0.288 million[2]
2008–09 Decrease 0.270 million[2]
2009–10 Decrease 0.239 million[2]
2010–11 Increase 0.260 million[2]

1840 Opened

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Portal icon UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°38′32″N 0°02′07″W / 51.6421°N 0.03518°W / 51.6421; -0.03518

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 Greater Anglia. Ponders End serves the nearby Lee Valley Leisure Complex.

It is located at grid reference TQ360955.

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History [edit]

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 5 May 1969.[4]

Service [edit]

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 [edit]

Bus: Route 191.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Train Station Information and Network Map". National Express East Anglia. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. 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 [edit]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Angel Road
Northumberland Park on Saturdays,
Tottenham Hale on Sundays
  Greater Anglia
Lea Valley Lines
West Anglia Main Line
  Brimsdown
    Future Development    
Preceding station   Crossrail National Rail Crossrail   Following station
towards 
Crossrail
Line 2
towards Hertford East