Southbury railway station explained

Southbury
Railcode:SBU
Manager:London Overground
Fare Zone:5
Locale:Enfield
Borough:London Borough of Enfield
Owner:Network Rail
Symbol:overground
Years1:1 October 1891
Years2:1 October 1909
Years3:1 March 1915
Years4:1 July 1919
Years5:21 November 1960
Events1:Opened as Churchbury
Events2:Closed
Events3:Re-opened
Events4:Closed
Events5:Re-opened as Southbury
Platforms:2
Railexits0405:0.291
Railexits0506: 0.263
Railexits0607: 0.317
Railexits0708: 0.390
Railexits0809: 0.346
Railexits0910: 0.311
Railexits1011: 0.340
Railexits1112: 0.384
Railexits1213: 0.417
Railexits1314: 0.478
Railexits1415: 0.531
Railexits1516: 0.834
Railexits1617: 0.939
Railexits1718: 0.985 -->
Railexits1819: 0.997
Railexits1920: 0.935
Railexits2021: 0.376
Railexits2122: 0.729
Railexits2223: 0.812
Coordinates:51.6484°N -0.053°W
Dft Category:E

Southbury is a London Overground station on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines, located on the easterly side of Enfield in north London. It is 10chain32chain down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and .

The station is in Travelcard Zone 5.

History

The line from Bury Street Junction, north of Edmonton Green station, to was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 October 1891 when this station opened with the name Churchbury. The line was known as the Churchbury Loop.

The district was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919.

After that the line was used only by goods trains until it was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and the station reopened as Southbury on 21 November 1960.[1] The line is now known as the Southbury Loop. The goods yard closed in 1970.[2]

On 31 May 2015, the station and all services that call transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.[3] [4]

Services

All services at Southbury are operated by London Overground using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Connections

London Buses routes 121, 191, 307 and 313 serve the station.[5]

Notes and References

  1. White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987
  2. Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
  3. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/may/tfl-appoints-london-overground-operator-to-run-additional-services TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services
  4. http://www.railpro.co.uk/news/?idArticles=2024 TfL count on LOROL for support
  5. Web site: Enfield Bus Garage / Southbury Station (Stop B). Transport for London. 13 October 2020.