South Tottenham railway station

South Tottenham
South Tottenham Location of South Tottenham in Greater London
Location	South Tottenham
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	STO
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
OSI	Seven Sisters [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2009–10	0.225 million[2]
2010–11	0.442 million[2]
2011–12	0.658 million[2]
2012–13	0.800 million[2]
2013–14	1.002 million[2]
2014–15	1.047 million[2]
Key dates
1871	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°34′49″N 0°04′19″W / 51.5802°N 0.072°WCoordinates: 51°34′49″N 0°04′19″W / 51.5802°N 0.072°W
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South Tottenham is a railway station on the east-west Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the London Overground. It is located on the eastern side of the north-south A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, between Harringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road. It is in Zone 3.

South Tottenham to Seven Sisters station (on the western, Seven Sisters Branch of the Lea Valley Lines and on the London Underground Victoria line) is considered an official out-of-station interchange by the National Rail timetable, and involves a short walk. This link will become fixed under the planned route for Crossrail 2, which sees a double-ended underground station built linking together South Tottenham and Seven Sisters stations.^[3]

History

Map dated 1914, showing South Tottenham station top right, on the "Tottenhm & Hampstead Jnt. (G.E. and Mid.)" railway

Opened as 'South Tottenham and Stamford Hill' station on 1 May 1871, on the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, it was renamed 'South Tottenham' in 1949.^[4][5]

The station today

A short distance west of the station, on the far side of the A10, there is a single east-to-north spur towards Seven Sisters. To allow this to be reached by westbound trains, there is a facing crossover, located in the platform area.

A short distance to the east of the station, there is a double turnout branching to the south, to reach the eastern route of the two north-south Lea Valley Lines. Visually from the platforms, this looks like it is the main line, since the main tracks curve to the north from the junction. (In fact, it was the original main line, since the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway eastwards was a later addition.)

Both curves were formerly part of the route used by trains on the Palace Gates Line (which then continued onwards to North Woolwich) but these days see infrequent use, with just three booked London Overground passenger trains each week on Saturday only running over them (one between London Liverpool Street and Cheshunt, one between Liverpool Street and Edmonton Green and the other between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town via Stratford and Seven Sisters. These surviving parliamentary trains do not however stop at South Tottenham.

The station has been receiving investment, following station management passing to London Overground in 2007.

Connections

The station is served by London Buses routes 76, 149, 243, 318, 349 and 476, and also by night route N73.

Services

A basic 15 minute interval service (4 train per hour) operates from the station in both directions throughout the week (including Sundays), with one additional a.m peak period service to Willesden Junction Low Level on weekdays only.^[6] From 6 June until 23 September 2016 however, services will be suspended east of here on weekdays and completely at weekends whilst electrification work is being carried out. From 24 September, the route will be closed completely until February 2017 for the same reason.^[7] Weekday services will resume thereafter, but a full timetable will not restart until June 2017; electric operation is expected to start from early 2018.

References

1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
2. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/crossrail2/october2015/user_uploads/s3.pdf
4. Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
5. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
6. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 62
7. "Barking to Gospel Oak Overground closed 2016/17: All you need to know Nelson, Kate London24 news article 5 April 2016; Retrieved 23 May 2016

External links

• South Tottenham Station in the 1960s on Flickr

• Train times and station information for South Tottenham railway station from National Rail