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Gordon Hill railway station

Coordinates: 51°39′48″N 0°05′39″W / 51.6632°N 0.0943°W / 51.6632; -0.0943
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Gordon Hill National Rail
Gordon Hill is located in Greater London
Gordon Hill
Gordon Hill
Location of Gordon Hill in Greater London
LocationGordon Hill
Local authorityLondon Borough of Enfield
Managed byGreat Northern
Station code(s)GDH
DfT categoryD
Number of platforms3
Fare zone5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Decrease 1.338 million[1]
2020–21Decrease 0.364 million[1]
2021–22Increase 0.713 million[1]
2022–23Increase 0.992 million[1]
2023–24Increase 1.036 million[1]
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°39′48″N 0°05′39″W / 51.6632°N 0.0943°W / 51.6632; -0.0943
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Gordon Hill railway station serves Gordon Hill in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 miles 69 chains (9.86 miles, 15.87 km) down the line from London King's Cross[2] on the Hertford Loop Line, in Travelcard Zone 5. It was opened on 4 April 1910. The station and the trains serving it are currently operated by Great Northern.

Three platforms are currently in use: Hertford-bound trains stop at platform 3 and London-bound trains stop at platform 2; platform 1 is a terminus platform used by certain trains to and from London, mainly during peak hours. A fourth platform face (opposite platform 3) is now disused - this was once used by North London Railway services to/from Broad Street.[3]

In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and debit/credit cards was installed.

Services

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Great Northern Class 313 at Gordon Hill June 2019

All services at Gordon Hill are operated by Great Northern using Class 717 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]

  • 2 tph to ‹See TfM›Moorgate
  • 2 tph to Stevenage via Hertford North

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Northern

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Connections

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London Buses route W8 serves the station.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". 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. ^ "The North London Railway Historical Society - Tours (2005)"NLRHS.org.uk; retrieved 22 August 2016
  4. ^ Table 24 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  5. ^ Oyster Card and National Rail, National Rail Enquiries Website Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  • Hornby, Frank (1995) London Commuter Lines. Volume 1: Main lines north of the Thames. Kettering: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.
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