Cheshunt railway station

Cheshunt railway station serves the town of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the West Anglia Main Line, and train services are provided by 'one'.

'one' 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.

1 History
2 Service
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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

[edit] 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