Ponders End railway station
Ponders End  | |
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.jpg) Ponders End Station in November 2022 | |
Interactive map of Ponders End | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ponders End |
| Local authority | London Borough of Enfield |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Station code | PON |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2020–21 |  0.299 million[2] |
| 2021–22 |  0.561 million[2] |
| 2022–23 | 0.699 million[2] |
| 2023–24 | 0.787 million[2] |
| 2024–25 | 0.884 million[2] |
| Key dates | |
| 15 September 1840 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°38′32″N 0°02′07″W / 51.6421°N 0.03518°W |
Ponders End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, serving the district of Ponders End in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 miles 71 chains (15.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is located between Meridian Water and Brimsdown. Its three-letter station code is PON and it is in London fare zone 5.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.
It is near to Lee Valley Leisure Complex.
History
[edit]The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne, and Ponders End station, was opened by the Northern and Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840.[3]
The lines through Ponders End were electrified on 5 May 1969.[4] Prior to the completion of electrification in 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Ponders End station were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line in 1958).
Services
[edit]All services at Ponders End are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Hertford East and London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale.
There is one train per weekday to Ely and Stratford respectively, in the early morning peaks.
On Sundays, southbound services at the station run to and from Stratford instead of London Liverpool Street.
Despite being one stop up the line from Meridian Water, there is no direct connection between the two stations, except one service per day.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tottenham Hale | Greater Anglia |
Brimsdown | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Greater Anglia | ||||
Connections
[edit]London Buses route 191, 313 and 491 serve the station.
Future
[edit]The station is in the plan for Crossrail 2 Broxbourne branch, but this is very unlikely to happen soon, but may happen in the distant future.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Train Station Information and Network Map". National Express East Anglia. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
- ↑ Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
- ↑ White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987
External links
[edit]
- Train times and station information for Ponders End railway station from National Rail