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Bowes Park railway station

Coordinates: 51°36′28″N 0°07′15″W / 51.6078°N 0.1209°W / 51.6078; -0.1209
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Bowes Park National Rail
Bowes Park is located in Greater London
Bowes Park
Bowes Park
Location of Bowes Park in Greater London
LocationBowes Park
Local authorityLondon Borough of Haringey
Managed byGreat Northern
Station code(s)BOP
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
Fare zone3 and 4
OSIBounds Green[1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Decrease 0.672 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 0.158 million[2]
2021–22Increase 0.307 million[2]
2022–23Increase 0.403 million[2]
2023–24Increase 0.427 million[2]
Key dates
1880Opened
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°36′28″N 0°07′15″W / 51.6078°N 0.1209°W / 51.6078; -0.1209
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Bowes Park railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4. It is 5 miles 55 chains (5.69 miles, 9.15 km) down the line from London King's Cross.[3] The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Northern, on the Hertford Loop Line. It was first opened by the GNR in 1880, some nine years after the Loop Line itself was completed.

The station is a short walk from Bounds Green Underground station on the Piccadilly line, with which it is a valid out-of-station interchange. It has an unusual location in that it is situated between two quiet residential cul-de-sacs and is accessed from a footbridge over the railway line which divides those streets.

Bowes Park is the only station on the entire Hertford Loop with an island platform.

In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and credit cards, was installed here (and similarly at other local Govia Thameslink Railway stations).

To the north of the station is a single siding in between the two running tracks which is occasionally used to turn around trains heading to Bounds Green Depot just north of Alexandra Palace. A connection to the now disused GER Palace Gates Line whose terminus, Palace Gates (Wood Green), lay just to the south, was made in 1929.

Services

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All services at Bowes Park 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

Ticketing

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The footbridge over Bowes Park Station doubles as its entrance
The footbridge over Bowes Park Station which doubles as its entrance

Oyster pay and go has been accepted at the station since 2 January 2010.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ 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.
  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
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