Theobalds Grove railway station

LocationWaltham CrossLocal authorityBorough of BroxbourneGrid referenceTL358010Managed byLondon OvergroundOwnerNetwork RailStation codeTEODfT categoryDNumber of platforms2Fare zone7National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 0.643 million^[1]2019–20 0.631 million^[1]2020–21 0.218 million^[1]2021–22 0.480 million^[1]2022–23 0.567 million^[1]Railway companiesOriginal companyGreat Eastern RailwayPre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates1 October 1891Opened1 October 1909Closed1 March 1915Re-opened1 July 1919Closed21 November 1960Re-openedOther informationExternal links

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Coordinates51°41′31″N 0°02′06″W / 51.692°N 0.035°W / 51.692; -0.035 London transport portal

Theobalds Grove is a London Overground station on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines, located in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The station is named after the nearby Theobalds Palace grounds. It is 13 miles 45 chains (21.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Turkey Street and Cheshunt, the northern terminus.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 7.

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver Street Chingford White Hart Lane Highams Park Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park () Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside () North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford Harlesden Kensal Rise Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell () Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping South Hampstead Rotherhithe Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate Junction Peckham Rye Brockley Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ()
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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 1 October 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 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for the benefit of munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919.

After that the line was only served by freight trains until the line was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and Theobalds Grove station reopened to passengers on 21 November 1960.^[2] The line is now known as the Southbury Loop.

The goods depot at the station closed in 1967. Its site is now the station car park .^[3]

The station was much changed in the early 1980s along with several other stations on the line. The roofs on both platforms were removed and modern shorter replacements were installed (similar structures were built at Seven Sisters Station at the same time). Steel stairs replaced the wooden stairs leading up to the north-bound platforms though the wooden cover was retained. The London-bound staircase was left unaltered. The ticket office was also partially reconstructed.

From 2 January 2013, Oyster cards have been accepted at the station. The station is in Travelcard zone 7.

On 31 May 2015 the station and all services that call here transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.^[4][5]

Services

The typical off-peak service of trains per hour (tph) is as follows:^[6]

Operator/line	Frequency to destination
London Overground	2 tph all stations to London Liverpool Street 2 tph to Cheshunt

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Theobalds Grove railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Turkey Street towards Liverpool Street		Enfield & Cheshunt line Cheshunt branch		Cheshunt Terminus