Gordon Hill railway station
Gordon Hill  | |
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  Gordon Hill Location of Gordon Hill in Greater London | |
| Location | Gordon Hill |
| Local authority | London Borough of Enfield |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Station code | GDH |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2012–13 |  1.117 million[1] |
| 2013–14 | 1.170 million[1] |
| 2014–15 | 1.271 million[1] |
| 2015–16 |  1.266 million[1] |
| 2016–17 | 1.313 million[1] |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°39′48″N 0°05′39″W / 51.6632°N 0.0943°W |
 London transport portal | |
Gordon Hill railway station serves Gordon Hill in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 miles 69 chains (9.86 miles, 15.87 km) down the line from London King's Cross[2] on the Hertford Loop Line, in Travelcard Zone 5. It was opened in April 1910. The station and the trains serving it are currently operated by Great Northern, on the Hertford Loop Line.
Three platforms are currently in use: Hertford-bound trains stop at platform 3 and London-bound trains stop at platform 2; platform 1 is a terminus platform used by certain trains to and from London, mainly during peak hours. A fourth platform face (opposite platform 3) is now disused - this was once used by North London Railway services to/from Broad Street.[3]
In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and debit/credit cards was installed.
Services
The service runs to Moorgate via Highbury & Islington. The service uses Class 313 soon to be Class 717 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate.
The typical off-peak weekday service is 4 trains per hour to Moorgate, and to Hertford North with two per hour extended through to Stevenage.
On Saturdays, the service is 4 trains per hour to Moorgate and to Hertford North, with 2 trains per hour extended to Stevenage.
On Sundays, the service is 2 trains per hour to Moorgate and to Hertford North, with one train per hour extended to Stevenage.
A number of trains to/from Moorgate start or terminate here on weekdays.[4]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Enfield Chase | Great Northern Hertford Loop Line |
Crews Hill | ||
Oyster
- Oyster Pay As You Go, introduced at this station on 2 January 2010, allows customers to make use of the Oyster card readers at the station.[5]
Connections
London Buses route W8 serves the station.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "The North London Railway Historical Society - Tours (2005)"NLRHS.org.uk; Retrieved 22 August 2016
- ^ Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ Oyster Card and National Rail, National Rail Enquiries Website Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Hornby, Frank (1995) London Commuter Lines. Volume 1: Main lines north of the Thames. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.
External links
- Train times and station information for Gordon Hill railway station from National Rail
