Carpenders Park railway station

Carpenders Park
Carpenders Park
	Island platforms
	Carpenders Park Location of Carpenders Park in Hertfordshire
Location	Carpenders Park/South Oxhey
Local authority	District of Three Rivers
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	CPK
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (facing 6 tracks)
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	7
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.186 million
2019–20	1.153 million
2020–21	0.466 million
2021–22	0.863 million
2022–23	0.975 million
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°37′44″N 0°23′10″W / 51.629°N 0.386°W
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Carpenders Park is a railway station located between the Hertfordshire suburb of Carpenders Park and the South Oxhey housing estate, 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Watford Junction on the Watford DC line. The station is an island platform reached by a subway. This has exits to both the Carpenders Park (east) and South Oxhey (west) estates. London Overground services from London Euston to Watford Junction currently serve this station.

London Overground

			Cheshunt
			Theobalds Grove
			Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford
			Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park
			Upminster
			Edmonton Green
			Silver Street Chingford
			White Hart Lane Highams Park
			Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street
			Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central
			High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road
			Bushey Green Lanes
			Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road
			Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone
			Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road
			Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park ()
			Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park ()
			Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking
			South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside ()
			North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central
			Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston
			Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields
			Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton
			Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick
			Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford
			Harlesden Kensal Rise
			Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel
			Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell ()
			Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping
			South Hampstead Rotherhithe
			Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water
			Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays
			West Brompton Battersea Park
			Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross
			Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate
			Junction Peckham Rye Brockley
			Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park
			South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill
			Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham
			Kew Gardens
			Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West
			Anerley
			Norwood Junction
			West Croydon ()

Legend

			Station National Rail Liberty line
			Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line
			Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line
			Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line
			Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line
			Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line
			( ) Nearby interchange London River Services
The new London Overground line names and colours are to be introduced across the London rail network in autumn 2024

History

The first station was opened by the London & North Western Railway on 1 April 1914 only to close on 1 January 1917. It reopened 5 May 1919 served only by London Electric Railway (later became London Underground) trains. L&NWR electric trains were reinstated from 10 July 1922.^[3] London Underground trains served the station until 24 September 1982. The original station was built to serve the nearby golf course. It was 230 yards (210 m) further north than the current site and was a wooden two platform structure with a footbridge. It was closed on 17 November 1952 when the present station opened.

Ticket barriers were installed in early 2010.

Services

The general frequency is a train every 15 minutes in each direction.

The average journey time to Watford Junction is 8 minutes and to London Euston 44 minutes.

Preceding station	London Overground		Following station
Bushey towards Watford Junction		Watford DC line	Hatch End towards Euston
Historical railways
Preceding station	London Underground		Following station
Bushey towards Watford Junction		Bakerloo line (1917–1982)	Hatch End towards Elephant & Castle

References

^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 49

External links

Train times and station information for Carpenders Park railway station from National Rail

[1] "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[3] Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 49

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Carpenders Park
Island platforms
Carpenders Park Location of Carpenders Park in Hertfordshire
Location	Carpenders Park/South Oxhey
Local authority	District of Three Rivers
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	CPK
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2 (facing 6 tracks)
Accessible	Yes^[1]
Fare zone	7
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.186 million^[2]
2019–20	1.153 million^[2]
2020–21	0.466 million^[2]
2021–22	0.863 million^[2]
2022–23	0.975 million^[2]
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°37′44″N 0°23′10″W / 51.629°N 0.386°W / 51.629; -0.386
London transport portal