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{{short description|London Underground and railway station in the London Borough of Haringey}}
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{{Tottenham Hale network}}
'''Tottenham Hale''' is an [[interchange station]] located in [[Tottenham Hale]], [[North London]] for [[London Underground]] and [[National Rail]] services.

On the National Rail network it is on the [[West Anglia Main Line]], {{convert|6|mi|km}} from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]], and is served by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] and [[Stansted Express]]. On the Underground it is on the [[Victoria line]] between {{stn|Blackhorse Road}} and {{stn|Seven Sisters}}. The station is in [[London fare zone 3]].

The station was opened in 1840, with Underground services added in 1968. A new station building and an additional platform has been  added<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railfuture.org.uk/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=505|title=railfuture.org.uk/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=505|access-date=10 November 2013|publisher=[[Railfuture]]}}</ref> as part of a regeneration scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/tottenhamhale/scheme|title= Citizen Space - Improving Tottenham Hale |access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>

==History==
===19th century===
Locations served by Tottenham Hale trains in previous years included [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] (via the Tottenham and Hampstead Joint Railway), [[North Woolwich railway station|North Woolwich]] via the low level platforms at {{stl|LUL|Stratford}} (after the [[Palace Gates Line]] service was cut back) and York (via Cambridge and the [[Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway]]).<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 page 22 Rodger Green April 2005</ref> Until recently, the next station served to the south on the line to {{stl|LUL|Liverpool Street}} was {{stnlnk|Clapton}}, but only a small number of trains to and from Tottenham Hale served Clapton. Clapton is now exclusively served by trains on the {{stnlnk|Chingford}} branch instead.

The station opened on 15 September 1840 as '''Tottenham''',{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=232}} on the [[Northern and Eastern Railway|Northern & Eastern Railway]] (N&ER) line from Stratford in east London to {{stnlnk|Broxbourne}} in [[Hertfordshire]]. The Northern and Eastern Railway was leased by the [[Eastern Counties Railway]] in 1844 who took over operation of the line. The line was initially laid to a gauge of {{Track gauge|5ft|lk=on}}; however, this had already been identified as non-standard, and between 5 September and 7 October 1844 the whole network was re-laid to {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on|first=imp}}.

On 12 September 1858 a passenger train collided with some goods wagons that had been shunted onto the main line. Nobody was seriously injured. Eighteen months later on 20 February 1860 the station was the site of a serious railway accident when a locomotive derailed, killing the driver, fireman and seven passengers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lake|first=G H|title=The Railways of Tottenham |orig-year=1945|publisher=Peter Kay |year=1999 |location=Teignmouth|isbn=1-899890-26-2|page=38 }}</ref>

The Eastern Counties Railway was taken over by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] in 1862.

Until 1868 Tottenham Hale was a railhead for cattle traffic from East Anglia. Trains were unloaded there, and the cattle driven miles down what is now the A10 road towards London.<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 pages 26 Rodger Green April 2005</ref> In 1868 the link (since removed) to the [[Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway]] was opened and the cattle traffic transferred to Tufnell Park, which was closer to the site of the cattle market off Caledonian Road.

Four years later in 1872 the route via Clapton was opened, offering a slightly more direct route to Liverpool Street.<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 pages 20-27 Rodger Green April 2005</ref>

In 1875, the suffix 'Hale' was added to the station's name; this was removed in November 1938, before being restored in 1968.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=232}}<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 pages 24 Rodger Green April 2005</ref>

In 1882 the line through Tottenham Hale became part of a major rail freight artery, with the opening of the [[Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway]]. This provided a link for the Great Eastern from the coalfields in the north to London. This led to a second pair of running lines known as the Slow Lines being added in 1913.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=25}}</ref> The slow lines that exist today were previously known as the fast lines.

===20th century===
On 29 August 1913 a northbound mail train (carrying passengers) ran into the back of a freight train just south of the station at Tottenham South Junction. The cause was a signal passed at danger in foggy conditions. Two passengers were badly injured, 16 less so.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=60}}</ref>

The area was always susceptible to flooding, one of the worst instances being between 18 and 22 February 1919 when the River Lea overflowed its banks and rail traffic was suspended.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=62}}</ref>

In 1919 there were, as well as the two sets of main lines, some private sidings serving local industries. Other sidings in the area were used to clean passenger rolling stock when not in service.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=95}}</ref>

In 1923 operation passed to the [[London & North Eastern Railway]], and following nationalisation in 1948 the station became part of [[British Railways]] Eastern Region.

On 12 February 1927 an express passenger train, hauled by [[GER Classes S46, D56 and H88|LNER Class D15]] [[4-4-0]] No. 8808, was in collision with a [[lorry]] on a level crossing. Owing to foggy conditions, the train was not travelling at high speed.<ref name=Earnshaw6>{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6 |year=1990 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-37-0 |page=16 }}</ref>

On 4 October 1929, another accident occurred at Tottenham North Junction (just south of the station) when a goods train, hauled by [[GER Class Y14|LNER Class J15]] [[0-6-0]] No. 7938, passed a signal at danger and was hit by a passenger train, which was hauled by [[LNER Class B17]] [[4-6-0]] No. 2808 ''Gunton''. There were no fatalities.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=63}}</ref>

On 21 March 1944 (during World War Two), several incendiary bombs fell close to the station, destroying a lineside hut.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake|1999|p=93}}</ref>

In 1963, the link from Tottenham South Junction to the Tottenham and Hampstead Line was closed to passengers, with the end of services to/from {{rws|Palace Gates}} via Seven Sisters.<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 pages 24-27 Rodger Green April 2005</ref>

On 14 July 1967, planning permission was granted for the addition of the London Underground [[Victoria line]] station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=57125|title=OLD/1967/0202|quote=Land at Ferry Lane: Construction of new station for Victoria Line.|date=14 July 1967|access-date=1 August 2013|work=Online Planning Service|publisher=Haringey Council}}</ref> The station was renamed Tottenham Hale on 1 September 1968, when it became an interchange station with London Underground on the opening of the first stage of the Victoria line.

The Lea Valley line between Copper Mill Junction and Cheshunt was electrified at 25&nbsp;kV in 1969. Many of the private goods sidings were removed at this time.<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 122 pages 25 Rodger Green April 2005</ref> Prior to electrification, between 1958 and 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Tottenham Hale were normally operated by [[British Rail Class 125|Class 125]] diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line).

When [[British Rail brand names|sectorisation]] was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by [[Network SouthEast]] until the [[privatisation of British Rail]]ways.  The line southwards via Lea Bridge to Stratford (used by the by now peak-hour only North Woolwich trains) lost its regular remaining advertised service in July 1985, with the closure of Lea Bridge station.

In the late 1990s, at the same time as the [[Stansted Express]] service to Stansted Airport was started, the British Rail station at Tottenham Hale was totally rebuilt; the Underground station was revamped at the same time. None of the original Victorian station buildings now exist.

With the privatisation of the UK's railways in 1994, operation of the station was initially allocated to a business unit which succeeded the old British Railways structure before being taken over by [[West Anglia Great Northern]] (WAGN) in January 1997.

===21st century===
[[File:Tottenham Hale station 070414.JPG|thumb|Tottenham Hale station in 2007]]
[[File:Tottenham Hale Station (4).jpg|alt=The newly completed London Underground entrance building at Tottenham Hale Station in 2022|thumb|The newly completed London Underground entrance building at Tottenham Hale Station in 2022]]
Initially owned by [[Prism Rail]], [[National Express]] took over operation in July 2000. In 1994 responsibility for the operational infrastructure passed to [[Railtrack]].

In August 2002 signalling control was transferred to the Liverpool Street Integrated Electronic Control Centre (IECC).<ref>Great Eastern Railway Society Journal volume 135 page 14 Chris Cook(photo caption) July 2008</ref>

The WAGN franchise was replaced in 2004 by One; this was renamed [[National Express East Anglia]].

The following year, following financial difficulties, Railtrack was superseded by [[Network Rail]].

From 11 December 2005, a new service to and from Stratford reintroduced a direct passenger connection between Tottenham Hale and Stratford via the mainly freight line across [[Walthamstow Marshes]]. For many years, the only service on this route had been a parliamentary "ghost train" to Enfield Town via Stratford operated to save lengthy closure (to passengers) procedures.  The intermediate station at {{rws|Lea Bridge}} on this route was reopened to passengers in May 2016, some three decades after it had previously closed.

In February 2012 operation of the station changed once again, with [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] taking over the franchise.

== Tottenham Hale Bus Station ==
'''Tottenham Hale bus station''' is located beside the railway station.

Following the [[2011 England riots]] which began in Tottenham, a redevelopment of the tube, bus and rail stations was used to encourage investment in the area.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhezCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA95|title=Mass-Customised Cities|date=2015-12-07|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118915691|editor=Tom Verebes|page=95}}</ref> The £110 million bus and rail interchange project for Tottenham Hale was completed in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haringey.gov.uk/news/landmark-tottenham-hale-station-plans-get-green-light|title='Landmark' Tottenham Hale Station plans get green light|website=Haringey Council|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> As part of the project the bus station was roofed with [[ETFE]], which is also used in the [[Eden Project]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/api/content/5fc1931c-0f05-11e7-8c68-0aea2a882f79/|title=3M's ETFE chosen for roof refit at London's Tottenham Hale bus station|last=Carlon|first=John|date=2017-03-22|website=British Plastics and Rubber|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>

The bus station roof was a finalist for Best Urban Design in the 2018 Haringey Design Awards 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haringey.gov.uk/design-awards-2018/best-urban-design|title=Design Awards 2018 - Best Urban Design|publisher=[[Haringey Council]]|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> and in the 2015 [[British Constructional Steelwork Association]] Structural Steel Design Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steelconstruction.org/design-awards/2015/national-finalists/tottenham-hale-bus-station-canopies/|title=Tottenham Hale Bus Station Canopies|website=www.steelconstruction.org|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>

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=== Buses ===
The following bus routes serve the bus station [[London Buses route 41]], [[London Buses route 76|76]], [[London Buses route 123|123]], [[London Buses route 192|192]], [[London Buses route 230|230]], [[London Buses route W4|W4]], [[London Buses route N41|N41]] and [[London Buses route N73|N73]].

==Services==
Tottenham Hale is served by trains operated by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] and on London Underground's [[Victoria line]]. Services at the station are:

===National Rail===
* 8 tph to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]  (6tph fast, 2tph call at Hackney Downs)
* 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} (2 tph fast to Bishops Stortford, 2 fast to [[Harlow Town railway station|Harlow Town]]
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Hertford East}} (Fast to Ponders End then all stations)
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Cambridge North}} (Both fast to Cheshunt, then 1 semi-fast and 1 all stations)
* 4 tph to {{stnlnk|Stratford}} (via Lea Bridge)
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Meridian Water}} (calling at Northumberland Park)
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Bishop's Stortford}} (1 stopping, 1 semi fast)

Additional services call at the station during peak periods. On Sundays, the services between Stratford and Bishops Stortford do not run, and the Hertford East services are routed to Stratford via [[Lea Bridge railway station|Lea Bridge]] to maintain the 4tph service.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2025|14,17}}</ref>

===London Underground===
* 27 tph to [[Walthamstow Central station|Walthamstow Central]]
* 27 tph to [[Brixton tube station|Brixton]]

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==Future==
Transport for London has active plans for the station to be expanded.

Specifically, the proposed Tottenham Hale Station Upgrade development comprises the following
elements:

Stages already completed are:

* creating a new landmark entrance to the Station;
* increasing the capacity of the Station concourse, by doubling the size of the current ticket hall;
* improving interchange by relocating the Greater Anglia and London Underground  gatelines;
* providing new access to platforms via the new Access for All (AfA) bridge being delivered  separately by Network Rail;
* removing the existing subway which links the south side of Ferry Lane with the Station;
Those that have yet to be completed are:

*extending the existing bridge to form a new Station entrance from Hale Village, providing  improved access from the east to Tottenham Hale transport interchange;
* re-routing the London Underground escape route and relocating the vent shaft;
* providing a new, upgraded Station control facility; and
* retail units.

The full plans can be seen on Haringey Council's website.<ref name="planningservices.haringey.gov.uk">{{cite web |date=5 April 2005 |title=Online Planning Services: Application Search |url=http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=271423 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/AttachmentShowServlet?ImageName=575174|title=Tottenham Hale Station Upgrade Transport Statement|publisher=Haringey Council|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref>

Funding is being sought to increase the number of lines from Coppermill Junction (between Lea Bridge and Tottenham Hale) and Meridian Water to provide a turn-up-and-go four trains per hour service for the Lea Valley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railfuture.org.uk/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=505|title=Lea Valley Rail: All you want to know about the upgrades of the line! - railfuture.org.uk|access-date=4 December 2013|publisher=[[Railfuture]]}}</ref>

In February 2013, the [[Crossrail]] task force of business group London First, chaired by former [[Secretary of State for Transport]] [[Andrew Adonis]], published its recommendations on Crossrail 2, favouring a route almost identical to the regional option proposed by TfL [[#2010s|in 2011]].<ref name="londonfirstreport">{{cite web|url=http://londonfirst.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LF_CROSSRAIL2_REPORT_AW_Single_Pages.pdf|title=Crossrail 2: Supporting London's Growth|date=February 2013|publisher=London First|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> The report was endorsed by [[Network Rail]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2013/feb/Crossrail-2-is-vital-to-Londons-economic-growth/|title=Crossrail 2 is vital to London's economic growth|date=5 February 2013|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

This proposal will see four tracks restored through Tottenham Hale and direct links to South-West London.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Tottenham Hale station}}
*[https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{LTM archive|2006-237|Tottenham Hale station, 2005}}
**{{LTM archive|2006-242|View of escalator shaft, 2005}}
{{stn art lnk|TOM|N179LJ}}

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