White Hart Lane railway station

White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane Location of White Hart Lane in Greater London
Location	Tottenham
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	London Overground
Station code	WHL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.680 million[1]
2011–12	0.788 million[1]
2012–13	0.778 million[1]
2013–14	0.919 million[1]
2014–15	1.005 million[1]
Key dates
July 1872	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°36′18″N 0°04′16″W / 51.605°N 0.071°WCoordinates: 51°36′18″N 0°04′16″W / 51.605°N 0.071°W
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White Hart Lane is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley Lines, located in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey in north London. It is 7 miles 11 chains (11.5 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Bruce Grove and Silver Street. Its three-letter station code is WHL and it is in Travelcard zone 3.

The station is close to Bruce Castle, at which the annual Tottenham Carnival is held, usually in mid-June, and to the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, White Hart Lane.

History

White Hart Lane was originally a stop on the Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway and opened on 22 July 1872.

The Provisional IRA planted a small bomb at the station on 1 March 1992 that was soon discovered and defused.^[2]

Today, the station and all services that call are operated by London Overground, which took over from Abellio Greater Anglia in 2015. At that time, the station was added to the Tube map.^[3][4]

Tottenham Hotspur matches

The station is heavily used on football match days by supporters of, and opposition fans of, Tottenham Hotspur. There is a special match day timetable for the station, with trains arriving and departing every few minutes before and after the game. On match days, there is an increase in the number of trains to and from the line's termini at Cheshunt and Enfield Town, as well as starting and terminating White Hart Lane trains and services to and from Edmonton Green and Liverpool Street. There are also services connecting to the Gospel Oak to Barking Line and to Stratford.

Services

The typical off-peak service is four southbound trains per hour to Liverpool Street and two northbound trains per hour to Cheshunt and two to Enfield Town.

A number of peak services to and from Enfield Town, Edmonton Green and Cheshunt start or terminate at White Hart Lane and some peak services run non-stop to and from Liverpool Street.

Connections

London Buses routes 149, 259, 279, 349 and W3 and night route N279 serve the station.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Oppenheimer p. 89
3. TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
4. TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014

External links

• Train times and station information for White Hart Lane railway station from National Rail