Palmers Green railway station

Palmers Green National Rail
Palmers Green
Location of Palmers Green in Greater London
Location Palmers Green
Local authority London Borough of Enfield
Managed by Great Northern
Station code PAL
DfT category C2
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2012–13 Increase 1.680 million[1]
2013–14 Increase 1.724 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 1.878 million[1]
2015–16 Decrease 1.863 million[1]
2016–17 Increase 1.913 million[1]
Key dates
1871 Opened
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WGS84 51°37′06″N 0°06′37″W / 51.6184°N 0.1102°W / 51.6184; -0.1102Coordinates: 51°37′06″N 0°06′37″W / 51.6184°N 0.1102°W / 51.6184; -0.1102
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Palmers Green railway station, in Aldermans Hill, is in the London Borough of Enfield in north London, located within Travelcard Zone 4. It is 6 miles 50 chains (10.66 km) down the line from London King's Cross.[2] The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Great Northern.

The station was originally named Palmers Green & Southgate.

There is a regular Sunday Community Market in the station car park.[3] Platform 1 has a sheltered waiting room.

Services

The service runs to Moorgate via Highbury & Islington . The service uses Class 313 soon to be Class 717 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate. The station features a Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting cash, debit cards and credit cards.

The typical off-peak weekday service is 3 trains per hour to Moorgate, and 2 trains per hour to Hertford North and one per hour to Letchworth Garden City via Stevenage.[4]

At weekends, the service is a half hourly service to Moorgate & Hertford North and an hourly service to Stevenage. Weekday late evening & weekend trains formerly ran/to/from London King's Cross prior to the December 2015 timetable change, but now run to Moorgate all week.

Connections

London Buses routes 121, W6 and 616 serve the station.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bowes Park   Great Northern
Northern City Line
(Hertford Loop Line)		   Winchmore Hill

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". 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. ↑ http://www.palmersgreenmarket.com/Palmers_Green_Market/HOME.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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