Roydon railway station

Roydon National Rail
Location
Place Roydon
Local authority District of Epping Forest
Coordinates 51°46′30″N 0°02′10″E / 51.775°N 0.036°E / 51.775; 0.036Coordinates: 51°46′30″N 0°02′10″E / 51.775°N 0.036°E / 51.775; 0.036
Grid reference TL405104
Operations
Station code RYN
Managed by Greater Anglia
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.127 million
2013/14 Increase 0.132 million
2014/15 Increase 0.143 million
2015/16 Increase 0.144 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.132 million
History
Key dates Opened 1844 (1844)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Roydon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Roydon railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Roydon in Essex, England. It is 20 miles 9 chains (32.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Broxbourne and Harlow Town stations. Its three-letter station code is RYN.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

It has an unusual staggered platform layout; the two platforms do not face each other and are on opposite sides of a level crossing.[1]

History

The station circa 1900

The station was designed by Francis Thompson[2] and opened by the Northern and Eastern Railway in 1844.[3] The main station building was abandoned by British Railways in 1978[4] and remained unoccupied until being converted into a restaurant. The station was given Grade II listed status on 30 April 1971.[5]

The station's signal box, built in 1876, is one of only two surviving examples of the GER Type I signal box.[6]

In 2016 the station's ticket office was demolished, and a waiting room was built on its foundations. Additional customer information screens, ticket machines, and improved CCTV and lighting were added at the same time.[7][8]

Services

The typical off-peak Monday-Saturday service is:

The typical Sunday service is:

  • 1 tph to London Liverpool Street
  • 1 tph to Cambridge

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/RYN/details.html
  2. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp227-240#anchorn39
  3. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63857
  4. ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63857
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (118815)". Images of England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/improvements_roydon_station
  8. ↑ https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/latest-news/news-articles/mp-robert-halfon-to-visit-roydon-rail-station-to-view-improvements
  • Train times and station information for Roydon railway station from National Rail
  • Historic England. "Details from image database (118815)". Images of England.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Broxbourne   Greater Anglia
West Anglia Main Line		   Harlow Town
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