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Ponders End railway station

National Rail station in London, England

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caption	Ponders End Station in November 2022
manager	Greater Anglia
fare_zone	5
locale	Ponders End
borough	London Borough of Enfield
symbol	rail
events1	Opened
years1	15 September 1840
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Ponders End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, serving the district of Ponders End in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is located between and . Its three-letter station code is PON and it is in London fare zone 5.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

It is near to Lee Valley Leisure Complex.

History

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne, and Ponders End station, was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840.

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

Services

All services at Ponders End are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between and London Liverpool Street via .

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

On Sundays, southbound services at the station run to and from instead of London Liverpool Street.

Despite being one stop up the line from Meridian Water, there is no direct connection between the two stations, except one service per day.

Connections

London Buses route 191, 313 and 491 serve the station.

Future

The station is in the plan for Crossrail 2 Broxbourne branch, but this is very unlikely to happen soon, but may happen in the distant future.

References

"Train Station Information and Network Map". [[National Express East Anglia]].
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

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