Roydon railway station is on the

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serving the village of Roydon in

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, England. It is down the line from

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and is situated between and stations. Its three-letter station code is RYN. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

History

The station was designed by

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and opened by the

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in 1844. The main station building was abandoned by British Railways in 1978 and remained unoccupied until being converted into a restaurant. The station was given Grade II

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status on 30 April 1971. The station's signal box, built in 1876, is one of only two surviving examples of the GER Type I signal box. In 2016 the station's ticket office was demolished, and a waiting room was built on its foundations. Additional customer information screens, ticket machines, and improved CCTV and lighting were added at the same time.

Services

All services at Roydon are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to

* 1 tph to * 1 tph to * 1 tph to During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Liverpool Street and . The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from . On Sundays, the services between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford do not run.

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* {{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia Grade II listed buildings in Essex Railway stations in Essex DfT Category E stations Transport in Epping Forest District Signal boxes in the United Kingdom Former Great Eastern Railway stations Greater Anglia franchise railway stations Francis Thompson railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 1844 establishments in England Roydon, Essex