Gordon Hill railway station

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Gordon Hill National Rail
Great Northern Class 717 Desiro City at Gordon Hill June 2019.jpg
Gordon Hill is located in Greater London
Gordon Hill
Gordon Hill
Location of Gordon Hill in Greater London
LocationGordon Hill
Local authorityLondon Borough of Enfield
Managed byGreat Northern
Station codeGDH
DfT categoryD
Number of platforms3
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17Increase 1.313 million[1]
2017–18Increase 1.467 million[1]
2018–19Decrease 1.424 million[1]
2019–20Decrease 1.338 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 0.364 million[1]
Other information
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WGS8451°39′48″N 0°05′39″W / 51.6632°N 0.0943°W / 51.6632; -0.0943Coordinates: 51°39′48″N 0°05′39″W / 51.6632°N 0.0943°W / 51.6632; -0.0943
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Gordon Hill railway station serves Gordon Hill in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 miles 69 chains (9.86 miles, 15.87 km) down the line from London King's Cross[2] on the Hertford Loop Line, in Travelcard Zone 5. It was opened on 4 April 1910. The station and the trains serving it are currently operated by Great Northern.

Three platforms are currently in use: Hertford-bound trains stop at platform 3 and London-bound trains stop at platform 2; platform 1 is a terminus platform used by certain trains to and from London, mainly during peak hours. A fourth platform face (opposite platform 3) is now disused - this was once used by North London Railway services to/from Broad Street.[3]

In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and debit/credit cards was installed.

Services[]

The service runs to Moorgate via Highbury & Islington. The service uses Class 717 EMUs. The typical off-peak weekday service is 4 trains per hour to Moorgate, and to Hertford North with two per hour extended through to Stevenage.

On weekends, the service is 2 trains per hour to Moorgate and to Hertford North, with 1 train per hour extended to Stevenage.

A number of trains to/from Moorgate start or terminate here on weekdays.[4]

Great Northern Class 313 at Gordon Hill June 2019
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Enfield Chase   Great Northern
Hertford Loop Line 		  Crews Hill

Oyster[]

  • Oyster Pay As You Go, introduced at this station on 2 January 2010, allows customers to make use of the Oyster card readers at the station.[5]

Connections[]

London Buses route W8 serves the station.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  3. ^ "The North London Railway Historical Society - Tours (2005)"NLRHS.org.uk; retrieved 22 August 2016
  4. ^ Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  5. ^ Oyster Card and National Rail, National Rail Enquiries Website Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  • Hornby, Frank (1995) London Commuter Lines. Volume 1: Main lines north of the Thames. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.

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