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in the

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, north London. It opened on 3 June 2019. The station is approximately south of the closed Angel Road railway station, which Meridian Water has replaced.

Layout

The new station has three platforms but passive provision for four has been made; the built platforms are numbered 2–4. Platform 1 remains unbuilt with no track laid, but space has been allowed for when required in the future. It is expected 4 million people will use the station annually. There are steps and lifts giving access to Meridian Way immediately to the east; there is also access to the west, which is to be the location of new housing in the

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development. In August 2019, it was announced that funding had been approved for construction of a fourth platform and a new section of track between and Meridian Water to enable up to 8 trains per hour to serve the station at peak times.

Services

All services at Meridian Water are operated by Greater Anglia. Service history Upon opening, the service pattern was peak hours only, similar to the service level of the former Angel Road station. The first service departed for London Liverpool Street on Monday, 3 June 2019 at 05:57. Current services As of 9 September 2019, the station is served by a half-hourly shuttle service to Stratford, calling at Northumberland Park, Tottenham Hale and Lea Bridge which terminates at Meridian Water. Additional trains to and from

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and Bishops Stortford call at Meridian Water during peak periods. There is also one train per day in each direction to .

Connections

London bus routes 192 and 341 serve the nearby

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superstore just off Meridian Way.

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