South Tottenham railway station


South Tottenham is a railway station on the east-west Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the London Overground. It is located on the eastern side of the north-south A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, from and situated between and. It is in Zone 3, in the London Borough of Haringey.
South Tottenham to station is considered an official out-of-station interchange by the National Rail timetable, and involves a short walk. This link will become fixed under the planned route for Crossrail 2, which sees a double-ended underground station built linking together South Tottenham and Seven Sisters stations.

History

Opened as 'South Tottenham and Stamford Hill' station on 1 May 1871, on the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, it was renamed 'South Tottenham' in 1949.

The station today

A short distance west of the station, on the far side of the A10, there is a single east-to-north spur towards Seven Sisters. To allow this to be reached by westbound trains, there is a facing crossover, located in the platform area.
A short distance to the east of the station, there is a double turnout branching to the south, to reach the eastern route of the two north-south Lea Valley Lines. Visually from the platforms, this looks like it is the main line, since the main tracks curve to the north from the junction.
Both curves were formerly part of the route used by trains on the Palace Gates Line but these days see infrequent use, with just one booked London Overground train, which travels between Liverpool Street and via and Seven Sisters, in one direction only. However, this train is susceptible to diversion and has not run via South Tottenham since 21 August 2018, and looks unlikely to resume soon. This surviving parliamentary train does not however stop at South Tottenham.
The station has been receiving investment, following station management passing to London Overground in 2007.

Connections

The station is served by London Buses routes 76, 149, 243, 318, 349 and 476, and also by night route N73.

Services

A basic 15 minute interval service operates from the station in both directions throughout the week, with one additional a.m peak period service to Low Level on weekdays only. From 6 June until 23 September 2016 however, services were suspended east of here on weekdays and completely at weekends whilst electrification work was being carried out. From 24 September, the route was be closed completely until February 2017 for the same reason. Services resumed on 27 February 2017; electric operation is expected to start later in 2019.