Enfield Lock railway station
- Enfield Lock railway station
London stations
name = Enfield Lock
caption = Entrance, on the southbound side
manager = National Express East Anglia
zone = 6
locale = Enfield
borough = Enfield
coordinates =
platforms = 2
owner = Network Rail
start = 1855
railexits0405 = 0.596
railexits0506 = 0.570
railexits0607 = 0.806
railcode = ENL
Enfield Lock railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London, and is in Travelcard Zone 6, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, on the West Anglian Railway. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia.
Enfield Lock was the main station for the Royal Small Arms Factory until its closure in the late 1980s, and now serves the large housing development on the site known as Enfield Island Village, as well as the nearby Innova Science and Business park.
History
The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. The station itself was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1855 as Ordnance Factory, later renamed to Enfield Lock. [Brown, Joe, "London Railway Atlas", page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006]
The lines through Enfield Lock were electrified on May 5 1969. [White, H.P., "A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London", David & Charles, 1987]
ervice
The typical off-peak service from the station is: 2 trains per hour (tph) to Hertford East, 2 tph to Stansted Airport, 2 tph to London Liverpool Street, (from Hertford East), and 1 tph to Stratford.
ee also
*Enfield Town railway station
*Enfield Chase railway station
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