Gordon Hill railway station serves Gordon Hill in the

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, north

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. It is down the line from on the Hertford Loop Line, in

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. It was opened on 4 April 1910. The station and the trains serving it are currently operated by

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. 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

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

Services

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All services at Gordon Hill are operated by

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to via During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between Moorgate and Hertford North, as well as a number of additional services to and from Moorgate that terminate at Gordon Hill.

Oyster

* Oyster Pay As You Go, introduced at this station on 2 January 2010, allows customers to make use of the

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readers at the station.''Oyster Card and National Rail'', National Rail Enquiries Website

Connections

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serves the station.

References

*Hornby, Frank (1995) ''London Commuter Lines. Volume 1: Main lines north of the Thames''. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.

External links

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