South Tottenham is a railway station on the east–west Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the

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. It is located on the eastern side of the north–south A10 High Road in

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, from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and situated between and . It is in Zone 3, in the

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. South Tottenham to station (on the western, Seven Sisters Branch of the

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and on the

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) is considered an official out-of-station interchange by the National Rail timetable, and involves a short walk. This link will become fixed under the planned route for

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, which sees a double-ended underground station built linking together South Tottenham and Seven Sisters stations.

History

Opened as 'South Tottenham and Stamford Hill' station on 1 May 1871, on the

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, it was renamed 'South Tottenham' in 1949.

The station today

A short distance west of the station, on the far side of the A10, there is a single east-to-north

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towards Seven Sisters. To allow this to be reached by westbound trains, there is a facing

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, located in the platform area. A short distance to the east of the station, there is a double turnout branching to the south, to reach the eastern route of the two north–south

. Visually from the platforms, this looks like it is the main line, since the main tracks curve to the north from the junction. (In fact, it ''was'' the original main line, since the

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eastwards was a later addition.) Both curves were formerly part of the route used by trains on the

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(which then continued onwards to ) but these days see infrequent use, with just one booked

train, which travels between Liverpool Street and via and Seven Sisters, in one direction only. However, this train is susceptible to diversion and has not run via South Tottenham since 21 August 2018, and looks unlikely to resume soon. This surviving

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does not however stop at South Tottenham. The station has been receiving investment, following station management passing to

in 2007.

Connections

The station is served by

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routes 76, 149,

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, 318, 349, 476 and night route N73.

Services

A basic 15-minute interval service (4 train per hour) operates from the station in both directions throughout the week (including Sundays), with one additional a.m peak period service to Low Level on weekdays only.GB eNRT December 2016 Edition, Table 62

References

External links

South Tottenham Station in the 1960s on Flickr
{{UK railway stations Railway stations in the London Borough of Haringey DfT Category E stations Former Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations served by London Overground