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Carterhatch Lane railway station

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Services were operated by a Great Eastern Railway Auto-train operating 15 trains per day between Lower Edmonton Low-Level station and Cheshunt (although later some terminated at White Hart Lane). Motive power for the train was normally a Great Eastern Railway Y65 class (LNER classification F7) 2-4-2T
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were electrified. A temporary signal box was opened to facilitate operation of the depot. This opened in early 1958 but was rarely used after electrification was completed in 1960 so the box was downgraded on 7 July 1960 to a ground frame (the line was being resignalled at the time) and then closed
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The station was a very basic affair – a wooden platform long enough for two coaches and a couple of oil lamps for illumination. At the time the up line (towards Liverpool Street) was used for goods wagon storage so the platform was built on the down line. The platform was accessed via a wooden
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Once World War I was over, the need for the service all but disappeared and the service was withdrawn in 1919. The station name boards and lamps were removed soon after but the structure lasted at least until the outbreak of World War II.
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The Southbury Loop was electrified in 1959–1960 and passenger services serving the other stations on the loop commenced on 21 November 1960. Carterhatch Lane station did not reopen.
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line to the north east of London in the United Kingdom. The Southbury Loop line was reopened in 1915 for passenger services for munitions workers to access factories in the
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raiders were close the train would be positioned under the bridge and passengers would join the crew there until the danger passed.
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The oil lamps were lit by the train guard and all had shades so the light would shine downwards as a war time precaution. When
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staircase from Carterhatch Lane which crossed the line at a loop at this point.
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In the late 1950s the site was used for an electrification depot as the local
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Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Enfield
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Carterhatch Lane is located in Greater London
London Borough of Enfield
Great Eastern Railway
Coordinates
51°39′37″N 0°02′57″W / 51.6604°N 0.0493°W / 51.6604; -0.0493
London transport portal
Great Eastern Railway
Southbury Loop
Lea Valley
Zeppelin
Historical railways
Turkey Street
Great Eastern Railway
Southbury Loop
Southbury
Lea Valley Lines
ISBN
978-1-908174-53-6
ISBN
1-85414-209-7
ISBN
978-1-908174-53-6
ISBN
978-1-908174-53-6
Categories
Enfield, London
Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Enfield
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1916
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1919

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