Turkey Street railway station
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| Turkey Street | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Enfield | ||
| Local authority | Enfield | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | 'one' | ||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| National Rail | |||
| Station code | TUR | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
0.316 million * | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 6 | ||
| History | |||
| 1 October 1891 1 October 1909 1 March 1915 1 July 1919 21 November 1960 |
Opened as Forty Hill Closed Re-opened Closed Re-opened as Turkey Street |
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Turkey Street railway station is a railway station in the Bullsmoor area of Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield, North East London.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 6 and is served by Lea Valley Lines services. The station is operated by 'one' as are all trains serving it.
The station is located at grid reference TQ351989.
[edit] History
The railway line from Bury Street Junction, north of the current Edmonton Green station, to Cheshunt was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on October 1, 1891. It was known as the Churchbury Loop.
The district served by the line was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on October 1, 1909, but were reinstated for the benefit of munitions workers between March 1, 1915 and July 1, 1919.
After that the line was only served by freight trains until the line was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and Turkey Street station reopened to passengers on November 21, 1960.[1] The line is now known as the Southbury Loop.
The station was opened as Forty Hill railway station, and did not gain its current name until 1960. The goods depot at the station closed in 1966.[2]
The current station building was built in the early 1980's. The previous and original station building consisted of a large ticket hall with the station masters office and serving counter on the left hand side (From the entrance). There was a tunnel in front of you leading to the stairs to the Cheshunt bound platform. This tunnel was used in the rebuild. To the right were the stairs to the Liverpool Street platform. The apertures that housedf the stairs were also reused in the rebuild but the concrete steps were replaced with steel ones. The roof of the original station was triangular with a large chimney stack on top. It is also of interest to note that when originally built the station building was on the otherside of the railway bridge and a bridge over Turkey Brook led directly to the Cheshunt bound platform. Presumably the 1980s ticket office was added to the frontage of the station as the original entrance was sold and is currently a Grocery but was previously a newsagent and general store. The bridge can still be seen to the side of the shop and is used for storage and is covered.
The platforms themselves were of standard length and had a large open fronted waiting area. These were demolished when the station was rebuilt. The platforms were lined with wire mesh which was removed and replaced with a brick wall.
in the 1980s the station was served by British Rail Class 305 [[Electric multiple unit]EMUs] goin to and from London Liverpool Street and Cheshunt. Around the same time as the rebuild the 305s were slowly replaced by British Rail Class 315. The Cheshunt service was extended to Hertford east in the late 1980s.[3]
[edit] Service
The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to Cheshunt, and two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Turkey Street railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Turkey Street railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Southbury | 'one' Lea Valley Lines |
Theobalds Grove | ||
| West Anglia |
| Southbury Loop
Cheshunt |
| Railway stations of London Central area | Greater London |
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| Managed by Network Rail: Cannon Street • Charing Cross • Euston • Fenchurch Street • King's Cross • Liverpool Street • London Bridge • Paddington • Victoria • Waterloo |
| Managed by train operator: Blackfriars • Marylebone • Moorgate • St Pancras |
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