Enfield Town railway station

Enfield Town railway station is the terminus of the Enfield Town branch of the Lea Valley Lines, located in Enfield Town, north London. It is one of three northern termini of London Overground's Weaver line, 10 miles 55 chains (17.2 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street.

Enfield Town
Enfield Town Station
Enfield Town Location of Enfield Town in Greater London
Location	Enfield
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Grid reference	TQ330965
Managed by	London Overground
Station code(s)	ENF
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	2.250 million[2]
– interchange	1,249[2]
2020–21	0.642 million[2]
– interchange	1,194[2]
2021–22	1.486 million[2]
– interchange	754[2]
2022–23	1.831 million[2]
– interchange	868[2]
2023–24	2.331 million[2]
– interchange	1,243[2]
Key dates
1 March 1849	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.6516°N 0.0792°W / 51.6516; -0.0792
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Its three-letter station code is ENF and it is in Travelcard zone 5. In 2015 the line and Enfield Town station were transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to London Overground and added to the Tube map.

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver Street Chingford White Hart Lane Highams Park Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park () Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park () Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside () North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford Harlesden Kensal Rise Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell () Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping South Hampstead Rotherhithe Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate Junction Peckham Rye Brockley Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ()
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Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

History

The station was opened on 1 March 1849 by the Eastern Counties Railways as Enfield. It was renamed Enfield Town on 1 April 1886.^[3]

A house which had stood on the site since the late 17th century is said to have been the birthplace of Isaac D'Israeli, father of Benjamin Disraeli. It later became a school, at which John Keats was educated. It then became the original station-house before being demolished in 1872. The fine 17th-century brickwork facade, once attributed to Christopher Wren, was dismantled, and reconstructed at South Kensington Museum.^[4][5]

Old and new London Overground trains pictured in 2020 as the new Class 710 units were being introduced

Its place was taken by a brick station building with an attached station-master's house and a walled forecourt. This in turn was replaced in 1957 by the present building by the British Railways architect H. H. Powell.^[6]

Operation of the station was transferred from National Express to Abellio Greater Anglia in 2012, and again in 2015 from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground.^[7][8]

Stations in Enfield

Enfield Town is also served by the Hertford Loop Line with a station at Enfield Chase on the opposite side of the town centre. The nearest station on the West Anglia Main Line is at Ponders End. Enfield Lock is another main line station in the north of the town, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines.

Services

Enfield Town is one of three northern termini for Weaver line services operated by London Overground. The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to/from London Liverpool Street.^[9] At peak times four trains per hour serve the station, and on Tottenham Hotspur Football Club match days there are additional trains, which do not call at all stations along the line.

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Bush Hill Park towards Liverpool Street		Weaver line Lea Valley lines		Terminus

Connections

London Buses can be found at Cecil Road or church street. Buses towards Enfield Island, Turnpike Lane, and further in the north.

Accidents

There have been at least four incidents of trains colliding with the buffer stops, including:

• 8 September 1850 – an Eastern Counties Railway passenger train collided with the buffers. The cause was determined to be a combination of brake failure and excessive speed.^[10][11]
• 17 October 1893 – a Great Eastern Railway locomotive collided with the buffers.^[12]
• 2002 - a train collided with the buffers due to low adhesion. There were no injuries.^[13]
• 12 October 2021 – an 8-car Class 710 train (headed by 710124) forming a London Overground service from Liverpool Street failed to stop at the buffers at the end of Platform 2, crashing through them and lifting the front car off the tracks. Seventy-five passengers were evacuated from the train, while the driver and one passenger were injured.^{[14][15][16][17]} Following a post-crash drugs test that allegedly revealed traces of cocaine, the driver was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to work on a transport system through drink or drugs.^[18][19] The official report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch found that driver fatigue was also a cause of the accident.^[13]