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.
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| Location | Bowes Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Haringey |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Station code(s) | BOP |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 and 4 |
| OSI | Bounds Green[1] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 |  0.788 million[2] |
| 2019–20 | 0.672 million[2] |
| 2020–21 | 0.158 million[2] |
| 2021–22 |  0.307 million[2] |
| 2022–23 | 0.403 million[2] |
| Key dates | |
| 1880 | Opened |
| Other information | |
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| Coordinates | 51°36′28″N 0°07′15″W / 51.6078°N 0.1209°W |
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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
editAll 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 Moorgate
- 2 tph to Stevenage via Hertford North
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
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Ticketing
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Oyster pay and go has been accepted at the station since 2 January 2010.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Table 24 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ Oyster Card and National Rail, National Rail Enquiries Website Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Bowes Park railway station from National Rail
- The History of Bowes Park Railway station on local Community Website Bowes and Bounds Connected