Highams Park railway station
London Overground station
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Highams Park is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Highams Park in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is 8 miles 52 chains (13.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Wood Street and Chingford.[5] It has been operated by London Overground since 2015.
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| Location | Highams Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Station code | HIP[1] |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2020–21 |  0.788 million[2] |
| 2021–22 |  1.828 million[2] |
| 2022–23 | 2.259 million[2] |
| 2023–24 | 2.730 million[2] |
| 2024–25 | 2.738 million[2] |
| Key dates | |
| 17 November 1873 | Opened |
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| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51.6084°N 0.0001°W |
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History
The station was originally named "Hale End" upon opening ion 17 November 1873, and was renamed on 1 October 1894 as Highams Park.[6] On 1 May 1899, it was again renamed to Highams Park & Hale End, before changing to its current name on 20 February 1969.[6]
The station had a goods yard to transport milk and Xylonite by the 1890s,[7][8] which closed in 1965.[9]
The present station, to the design of Neville Ashbee, was inaugurated in 1903, according to a plaque at the station.[10]
Facilities
The station is staffed the majority of the day, and has full step-free access. There are waiting shelters, ticket machines, departure and information screens, a car park and bicycle storage.[11]
Passenger volume
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 1,279,429 | 1,220,851 | 1,091,726 | 1,671,640 | 1,726,941 | 1,591,470 | 1,464,612 | 1,553,296 | 1,646,330 | 1,664,538 | 1,822,878 | 1,998,106 | 2,116,016 | 2,358,214 | 2,503,850 | 2,817,380 | 2,679,244 | 788,376 | 1,828,440 | 2,258,850 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
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Trains are operated by London Overground (before 2015, services were operated by Abellio Greater Anglia).[13] The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is:[14]
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street;
- 4 tph to Chingford.
| Preceding station | London Overground |
Following station | ||
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| Wood Street towards Liverpool Street |
Weaver line Weaver |
Chingford Terminus | ||
