Tottenham Hale station

The station opened on 15 September 1840 as Tottenham,^[11] on the Northern & Eastern Railway (N&ER) line from Stratford in east London to Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. The Northern and Eastern Railway was leased by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1844 who took over operation of the line.^[12] Until 1868 Tottenham Hale was a railhead for cattle traffic from East Anglia. Trains were unloaded there, and the cattle driven miles down what is now the A10 road towards London.^[13] Four years later in 1872 the route via Clapton was opened, offering a slightly more direct route to Liverpool Street.^[14]

In 1875, the suffix 'Hale' was added to the station's name; this was removed in November 1938, before being restored in 1968.^[11][15]

In 1882 the line through Tottenham Hale became part of a major rail freight artery, with the opening of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway. This provided a link for the Great Eastern from the coalfields in the north to London. This led to a second pair of running lines known as the Slow Lines being added in 1913.^[16]

In 1963, the link from Tottenham South Junction to the Tottenham and Hampstead Line was closed to passengers, with the end of services to/from Palace Gates via Seven Sisters.^[17]

On 14 July 1967, planning permission was granted for the addition of the London Underground Victoria line station.^[18] The station was renamed Tottenham Hale on 1 September 1968, when it became an interchange station with London Underground on the opening of the first stage of the Victoria line.^{[citation needed]}

The Lea Valley line between Copper Mill Junction and Cheshunt was electrified at 25 kV in 1969. Many of the private goods sidings were removed at this time.^[19]

In February 2012 operation of the station changed once again, with Greater Anglia taking over the franchise.

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

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Tottenham Hale Bus Station
The bus station in 2023
General information
Location	Tottenham Hale Haringey
Operator	Transport for London
Bus stands	4
Bus operators	Arriva London Go-Ahead London
Connections	Victoria Line and National Rail services from Tottenham Hale Station
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Tottenham Hale bus station is located beside the railway station.

Following the 2011 England riots which began in Tottenham, a redevelopment of the tube, bus and rail stations was used to encourage investment in the area.^[27] The £110 million bus and rail interchange project for Tottenham Hale was completed in 2014.^[28] As part of the project the bus station was roofed with ETFE, which is also used in the Eden Project.^[29]

The bus station roof was a finalist for Best Urban Design in the 2018 Haringey Design Awards 2018,^[30] and in the 2015 British Constructional Steelwork Association Structural Steel Design Awards.^[31]

The following bus routes serve the bus station London Buses route 41, 76, 123, 192, 230, W4, N41 and N73.^{[citation needed]}

v t e Tottenham Hale services
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Fen line to King's Lynn Cambridge 1:11 0:36 Hertford East Stansted Airport 0:36 West Anglia Main Line M25 motorway Enfield Lock 0:10 Brimsdown 0:08 Ponders End 0:07 Angel Road (disused) 0:06 0:05 Walthamstow Central Meridian Water 0:05 0:02 Blackhorse Road Northumberland Park 0:02 0:00 Tottenham Hale Tottenham Hale 0:00 0:02 Seven Sisters 0:05 Finsbury Park Lea Bridge 0:05 0:08 Highbury & Islington Hackney Downs 0:06 0:11 King's Cross St. Pancras Liverpool Street 0:11 Victoria line to Brixton Stratford 0:13 Key to lines London Underground National Rail

Tottenham Hale is served by trains operated by Greater Anglia and on London Underground's Victoria line. Services at the station are:

London Underground

• 27 tph to Walthamstow Central^{[citation needed]}
• 27 tph to Brixton

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London Liverpool Street		Stansted Express Stansted Express		Harlow Town or Bishop's Stortford
		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Cheshunt
Hackney Downs		Greater Anglia Lea Valley Lines		Ponders End or Northumberland Park or Cheshunt
Lea Bridge
Preceding station		LUL		Following station
Seven Sisters towards Brixton		Victoria line		Blackhorse Road towards Walthamstow Central
	Disused railways
South Tottenham		Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway		Terminus

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Transport for London has active plans for the station to be expanded, including:^[33][34]

• extending the existing bridge to form a new Station entrance from Hale Village, providing improved access from the east to Tottenham Hale transport interchange;
• re-routing the London Underground escape route and relocating the vent shaft;
• providing a new, upgraded Station control facility; and
• retail units.

Funding is being sought to increase the number of lines from Coppermill Junction (between Lea Bridge and Tottenham Hale) and Meridian Water to provide a turn-up-and-go four trains per hour service for the Lea Valley.^[35]

In February 2013, the Crossrail task force of business group London First, chaired by former Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis, published its recommendations on Crossrail 2, favouring a route almost identical to the regional option proposed by TfL in 2011.^[36] The report was endorsed by Network Rail.^[37] This proposal will see four tracks restored through Tottenham Hale and direct links to South-West London.