- Cheshunt railway station
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Cheshunt 
The station in January 2008, after rebuilding works completed 2006 Location Place Cheshunt Local authority Broxbourne Operations Station code CHN Managed by National Express East Anglia Owned by Network Rail Number of platforms 3 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 1.409 million 2005/06 * 1.408 million 2006/07 * 1.533 million 2007/08 * 1.692 million 2008/09 * 1.707 million History Opened 1846 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cheshunt from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Cheshunt railway station serves the town of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the West Anglia Main Line and the Lea Valley Lines, and train services are provided by National Express East Anglia.
National Express East Anglia has fulfilled a franchise commitment to extend the bay platform at Cheshunt to accommodate 8-coach trains (previously it could only accommodate up to 6 coaches). The works also involved replacing all existing station buildings, and replacing the station footbridge. Construction commenced in December 2005 and was largely complete by August 2006.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cheshunt station (along with Waltham Cross, the next southbound station) will serve as the main access point for the Broxbourne whitewater canoe and kayak slalom.
An Oyster Card extension to Cheshunt station from Enfield Lock railway station/Turkey Street railway station is in the planning stages. This means Waltham Cross railway station and Theobalds Grove railway station will also be included in the extension and will allow passengers travelling to Central London to be able to use Oyster, rather than paper tickets to travel.
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History
The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. Cheshunt station itself was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1846 .[1]
The lines from Hackney Downs to Bishop's Stortford and Hertford East, including those through Cheshunt station, were electrified on November 21, 1960. The lines south from Cheshunt via Tottenham Hale were not electrified until May 5, 1969.[2]
The station in January 2006, just after the start of renovation work (now complete).
A railway existed in Cheshunt before the station and the main line from London were originally opened in the 1840s. The horse-drawn Cheshunt Railway was opened on 26 June 1825. Based on a design by Henry Robinson Palmer, this line ran for 0.75 mi (1.21 km) from the town's High Street to the River Lea, near where Cheshunt station is today. This long-defunct railway is of interest as it was the world's first passenger-carrying monorail and the first railway line to open in Hertfordshire.[3][4]
Service
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 4tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale
- 2tph to London Liverpool Street via Seven Sisters
- 2tph to Cambridge
- 2tph to Bishops Stortford, one of which is extended to Stansted Airport
- 2tph to Hertford East
- 1tph to Stratford
References
- ^ Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
- ^ White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987
- ^ Finchley Society (1997-06-26). "Finchley Society Annual General Meeting Minutes". http://www.finchleysociety.org.uk/Newsletters/1990s/1997/6-97.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ Today in Science History. "June 25 - Today in Science History". http://www.todayinsci.com/6/6_25.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
External links
- Train times and station information for Cheshunt railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Waltham Cross National Express East Anglia
Lea Valley Lines
West Anglia Main LineBroxbourne Theobalds Grove National Express East Anglia
Lea Valley LinesTerminus Audley End · Bishop's Stortford · Broxbourne · Cambridge · Cheshunt · Elsenham · Great Chesterford · Harlow Mill · Harlow Town · London Liverpool Street · Newport · Roydon · Sawbridgeworth · Shelford · Stansted Airport · Stansted Mountfitchet · Tottenham Hale · Whittlesford Parkway
Lea Valley Lines and Hertford East Branch Line Cheshunt via Southbury Bethnal Green • Bruce Grove • Cheshunt • Edmonton Green • Hackney Downs • London Liverpool Street • Rectory Road • Seven Sisters • Silver Street • Southbury • Stamford Hill • Stoke Newington • Theobalds Grove • Turkey Street • White Hart Lane
Chingford Enfield Town via Seven Sisters Hertford East via Tottenham Hale Angel Road • Bethnal Green • Brimsdown • Broxbourne • Cheshunt • Enfield Lock • Hackney Downs • Hertford East • London Liverpool Street • Northumberland Park • Ponders End • Rye House • St Margarets • Stratford • Tottenham Hale • Waltham Cross • Ware
Railway stations in Hertfordshire Abbey Line: East Coast Main Line: from Edinburgh Waverley • Hitchin • Stevenage • Knebworth • Welwyn North • Welwyn Garden City • Hatfield • Welham Green • Brookmans Park • Potters Bar • to London Kings CrossHertford East Branch Line: Hertford Loop Line: Hitchin to Cambridge Line: Lea Valley Lines: Cheshunt via Southburyfrom London Liverpool Street • Theobalds Grove • CheshuntHertford East via Tottenham Halefrom London Liverpool Street • Waltham Cross • Cheshunt • Broxbourne • Rye House • St Margarets • Ware • Hertford EastLondon to Aylesbury Line: Thameslink: Watford DC Line: West Anglia Main Line: from Cambridge • Bishop's Stortford • Sawbridgeworth • Harlow, Harlow Town and Roydon railway stations in Essex • Broxbourne • Cheshunt • to London Liverpool StreetWest Coast Main Line : from London Euston • Bushey • Watford Junction • Apsley • Kings Langley • Hemel Hempstead • Berkhamsted • Tring • to Edinburgh WaverleyCategories:- Railway stations in Hertfordshire
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1846
- Railway stations closed in 1891
- Railway stations opened in 1891
- Railway stations served by National Express East Anglia
- DfT Category C2 stations
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