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Enfield Lock railway station

National Rail station in London, England

Field	Value
name	Enfield Lock
symbol	rail
manager	Greater Anglia
locale	Enfield Lock
borough	London Borough of Enfield
platforms	2
fare_zone	6
railcode	ENL
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caption	Enfield Lock Station
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access_note
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Enfield Lock railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, it is in Enfield Lock in the London Borough of Enfield, London. It is 11 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is ENL and it is in London fare zone 6.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater 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 in 1886 to Enfield Lock.

The lines through Enfield Lock were electrified on 5 May 1969. Prior to the completion of electrification in 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Enfield Lock station were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line in 1958).

Services

View from the footbridge at Enfield Lock Station

All services at Enfield Lock are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

2 tph to London Liverpool Street
1 tph to
2 tph to
1 tph to During peak periods, the services to Stratford and Hertford East increase to 2 and 3tph respectively.

There is also one train per weekday to Ely in the early mornings.

On Sundays, the services to Liverpool Street and Bishop's Stortford do not run and station is instead served by a half-hourly service between Stratford and Hertford East.

Connections

London Buses routes 121 and 491 serve the station.

References

{{citation step free south east rail
Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
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
{{NRtimes. May 2022. 22

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