Angel Road railway station

Angel Road
A class 317 Stansted Express train in the station
Angel Road is located in Greater London
Angel Road
Angel Road
Location of Angel Road in Greater London
LocationEdmonton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Enfield
Number of platforms2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2015–16Decrease 27,754[1]
2016–17Increase 33,544[1]
2017–18Decrease 32,938[1]
2018–19Increase 35,570[1]
2019–20Decrease 5,882[1]
Railway companies
Original companyNorthern and Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 September 1840Opened as Edmonton[2]
1 March 1849Renamed Water Lane[3]
1 January 1864Renamed Angel Road[2]
31 May 2019[4]Closed
Replaced byMeridian Water
Other information
Coordinates51°36′42″N 0°02′58″W / 51.6118°N 0.0495°W / 51.6118; -0.0495
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Angel Road was a railway station in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield, north London, on the Lea Valley line that forms part of the West Anglia Main Line, 7 miles 57 chains (12.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street. It was between Northumberland Park and Ponders End in Travelcard zone 4 and had the three-letter station code AGR. It is located beneath the A406 flyover of Meridian Way, and was accessed via a footpath from Conduit Lane, on an adjacent flyover to the north. The station's immediate surroundings include non-manufacturing industrial businesses and a former gas works.

In 2016–17 it was the least-used station in London, with an estimated 33,500 passenger entries/exits. Angel Road closed permanently to the general public on 31 May 2019 and was replaced by Meridian Water station, which opened on 3 June 2019 and is located 630 yards (580 m) south of Angel Road.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference autogenerated11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Catford, Nick. "Lower Edmonton Low Level". Disused Stations site record. Nick Catford. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ^ "National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Angel Road". Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Angel Road rail station closure: May 2019". GOV.UK.

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