Bowes Park railway station

LocationBowes ParkLocal authorityLondon Borough of HaringeyManaged byGreat NorthernStation codeBOPDfT categoryENumber of platforms2Fare zone3 and 4OSIBounds Green^[1]National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 0.788 million^[2]2019–20 0.672 million^[2]2020–21 0.158 million^[2]2021–22 0.307 million^[2]2022–23 0.403 million^[2]Key dates1880OpenedOther informationExternal links

• Departures
• Layout
• Facilities
• Buses

Coordinates51°36′28″N 0°07′15″W / 51.6078°N 0.1209°W / 51.6078; -0.1209 London transport portal

Bowes Park railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4. It is 5 miles 55 chains (5.69 miles, 9.15 km) down the line from London King's Cross.^[3] The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Northern, on the Hertford Loop Line. It was first opened by the GNR in 1880, some nine years after the Loop Line itself was completed.

The station is a short walk from Bounds Green Underground station on the Piccadilly line, with which it is a valid out-of-station interchange. It has an unusual location in that it is situated between two quiet residential cul-de-sacs and is accessed from a footbridge over the railway line which divides those streets.

Bowes Park is the only station on the entire Hertford Loop with an island platform.

In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and credit cards, was installed here (and similarly at other local Govia Thameslink Railway stations).

To the north of the station is a single siding in between the two running tracks which is occasionally used to turn around trains heading to Bounds Green Depot just north of Alexandra Palace. A connection to the now disused GER Palace Gates Line whose terminus, Palace Gates (Wood Green), lay just to the south, was made in 1929.

Services

The 221 runs there at Palace Road.

There is also the 102,184,299 and night service N91 which operate at Bounds Green

All services at Bowes Park are operated by Great Northern using Class 717 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 2 tph to Moorgate
• 2 tph to Stevenage via Hertford North

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between Moorgate and Hertford North, as well as a number of additional services between Moorgate and Gordon Hill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandra Palace		Great Northern Hertford Loop Line		Palmers Green

Ticketing

Oyster pay and go has been accepted at the station since 2 January 2010.^[5]

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Bowes Park railway station from National Rail
• The History of Bowes Park Railway station on local Community Website Bowes and Bounds Connected