Highams Park station geograph-3674937-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Highams Park is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Highams Park in the

London Borough of Waltham Forest The London Borough of Waltham Forest () is a London borough in north-east London, England. Its population is estimated to be 276,983 in 2019. It borders five other London boroughs: Enfield to the north-west, Haringey to the west, Hackney to th ...

, north-east London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . It has been operated by London Overground since 2015. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4.

History

The station was originally named "

Hale End Hale End is a locality in East London in the borough of Waltham Forest, very near Woodford Green, two miles from Tottenham and one mile from Walthamstow. It adjoins Highams Park in the E4 postal district. Much of Highams Park until the late 19t ...

" upon opening in 1873, and was renamed in 1894 as "Highams Park & Hale End". The present station, to the design of Neville Ashbee, was inaugurated in 1903.

Services

Trains are operated by London Overground. The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is: *4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street; *4 tph to Chingford. New Class 710 trains have entered service with one unit on this line and another 2 for Enfield and Cheshunt. More of these entered service in 2020.

Level crossing

A level crossing that connects Larkshall Road with Hale End Road is situated just to the south of the station. The crossing is worked by the signal box at Liverpool Street. There are three ways to cross the line: the footbridge in the station, the subway at the south end of the station which links to the level crossing, and the level crossing itself.

Connections

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routes

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, W16 and 675 serve the station.

References

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{{Lea Valley Lines navbox Railway stations in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations served by London Overground