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Ponders End National Rail
LocationPonders End
Local authorityEnfield
Managed byAbellio Greater Anglia
Station code(s)PON
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–050.126 million[2]
2005–06Increase 0.122 million[2]
2006–07Increase 0.239 million[2]
2007–08Increase 0.288 million[2]
2008–09Decrease 0.270 million[2]
2009–10Decrease 0.239 million[2]
2010–11Increase 0.260 million[2]
2011–12Increase 0.306 million[2]
2012–13Increase 0.344 million[2]
Key dates
1840Opened
Other information
External links
London transport portal

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

It is located at grid reference TQ360955.

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 5 May 1969.[4]

Service

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

The typical journey to Liverpool Street is 20 minutes.

Connections

London Buses route 191 serve the station.

References

  1. ^ "Train Station Information and Network Map". National Express East Anglia. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 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
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