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

Highams Park is a

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station on the Chingford branch of the

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, located in

Highams Park Highams Park is a suburban district in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, near Epping Forest and 8.1 miles (13 km) north-east of Charing Cross. Traditionally a part of Walthamstow parish and municipal borough, it is primarily a ...

in the

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, north-east London. It is down the line from

London Liverpool Street Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the t ...

and is situated between and . It has been operated by

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since 2015. The station is in

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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

. 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 212, 275, 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