Enfield Lock railway station

Enfield Lock railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, it is in Enfield Lock in the London Borough of Enfield, London. It is 11 miles 65 chains (19.0 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Brimsdown and Waltham Cross. Its three-letter station code is ENL and it is in Travelcard zone 6.

Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock Station
Enfield Lock Location of Enfield Lock in Greater London
Location	Enfield Lock
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Station code(s)	ENL
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.333 million[2]
2019–20	1.388 million[2]
2020–21	0.515 million[2]
2021–22	0.960 million[2]
2022–23	1.184 million[2]
Key dates
1855	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51°40′15″N 0°01′42″W / 51.6709°N 0.0284°W
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The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

Enfield Lock was the main station for the Royal Small Arms Factory until its closure in the late 1980s, and now serves the large housing development on the site known as Enfield Island Village, as well as the nearby Innova Science and Business park.

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. The station itself was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1855 as Ordnance Factory, later renamed in 1886^[3] to Enfield Lock.^[4]

The lines through Enfield Lock were electrified on 5 May 1969.^[5] Prior to the completion of electrification in 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Enfield Lock station were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line in 1958).

All services at Enfield Lock are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

• 2 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 1 tph to Stratford
• 2 tph to Hertford East
• 1 tph to Bishop's Stortford

On Sundays, the services to Liverpool Street and Bishop's Stortford do not run and station is instead served by a half-hourly service between Stratford and Hertford East.

London Buses routes 121 and 491 serve the station.

• Enfield Town railway station
• Enfield Chase railway station

• Train times and station information for Enfield Lock railway station from National Rail