South Tottenham railway station

Coordinates: 51°34′49″N 0°04′19″W / 51.5802°N 0.072°W / 51.5802; -0.072
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South Tottenham London Overground
South Tottenham station
South Tottenham is located in Greater London
South Tottenham
South Tottenham
Location of South Tottenham in Greater London
LocationSouth Tottenham
Local authorityLondon Borough of Haringey
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station codeSTO
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone3
OSISeven Sisters London Underground London Overground National Rail[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 1.169 million[3]
2019–20Decrease 0.948 million[3]
2020–21Decrease 0.683 million[3]
2021–22Increase 1.054 million[3]
2022–23Increase 1.130 million[3]
Key dates
1 May 1871Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°34′49″N 0°04′19″W / 51.5802°N 0.072°W / 51.5802; -0.072
 London transport portal

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, 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction)[4] and situated between Harringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road. It is in Zone 3, in the London Borough of Haringey. 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.[5]

History[edit]

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.[6][7]

The station today[edit]

Class 172 Turbostar at the station in 2011

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 one booked London Overground train, which travels between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town via Stratford and Seven Sisters, in one direction only.[8] This surviving parliamentary train does not however stop at South Tottenham. As of September 2023, this service is still running.

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

Connections[edit]

The station is served by London Buses routes 76, 149, 243, 318, 349, 476 and night route N73.[9]

Services[edit]

The entrance to South Tottenham Station
The entrance to South Tottenham Station

All services at South Tottenham are Suffragette line services operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.[10][11]

Preceding station London Overground Following station
Gospel Oak
Terminus
 Gospel Oak to Barking line Blackhorse Road
towards Barking Riverside
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Ann's Road   Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway   Tottenham Hale
  Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway   Blackhorse Road
Great Eastern Railway

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  4. ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 1B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  5. ^ "Have Your Say Transport for London" (PDF).
  6. ^ Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
  7. ^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  8. ^ "PSUL 2019". psul4all.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  9. ^ "South Tottenham Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ^ Table 62 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  11. ^ "London Overground Timetable: Gospel Oak to Barking" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links[edit]

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