Grange Park railway station

Grange Park railway station is situated just off The Grangeway, Grange Park in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 8 miles 35 chains (13.58 km) down the line from London King's Cross[2] on the Hertford Loop Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Northern. Although located on the original route between Wood Green (now known as Alexandra Palace) and Enfield, this station opened in 1910 at the same time as the line was extended northwards from Enfield to Cuffley.

Grange Park
Grange Park
Location of Grange Park in Greater London
LocationGrange Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Enfield
Managed byGreat Northern
Station codeGPK
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16 0.406 million[1]
2016–17 0.400 million[1]
2017–18 0.428 million[1]
2018–19 0.421 million[1]
2019–20 0.403 million[1]
Key dates
4 April 1910Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.6431°N 0.0969°W / 51.6431; -0.0969
 London transport portal

Services

The service runs to Moorgate via Highbury & Islington. The station is served by Class 717 units which replaced Class 313 units in 2019. Both types of trains are EMU's.

The typical off-peak service pattern is as follows:

Platform 1 (usually used for southbound services):

4 trains per hour to Moorgate (2 trains per hour at weekends).

Platform 2 (usually used for northbound services):

2 trains per hour to Hertford North (1 train per hour on Saturdays).

1 train per hour to Watton-at-Stone Monday to Saturday.

1 train per hour to Stevenage (2 trains per hour on Sundays).

London-bound trains ran to/from Kings Cross in the late evenings & weekends prior to the December 2015 timetable change, but now use the Moorgate branch at all times, except for some limited early morning and late night services.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Winchmore Hill   Great Northern
Hertford Loop Line		   Enfield Chase

Oyster pay as you go was introduced at this station on 2 January 2010.[4]

Connections

London Buses route W9 serves the station.

References
  1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  3. Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  4. "Oyster Card and National Rail". National Rail Enquiries. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
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