Silver Street railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Silver Street is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is Template:Convert down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws stations. Its three-letter station code is SLV and it is in London fare zone 4. Template:Overground RDT

Description

Silver Street station is located on a long straight section of elevated track, on the Lea Valley lines from Template:Stn to Template:Rws and Template:Rws. Looking north, the platforms at Template:Rws can be seen (there is just Template:Convert between the two stops) whilst looking south, trains leaving Template:Rws are seen almost immediately as they leave that station (it being only Template:Convert from Silver Street).

The station takes its name from the street so-called which is recorded thus Template:Circa 1630 and which possibly alludes to silversmiths living in the area at that time or before.<ref>Mills A. D. Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001) p. 209 Template:ISBN. Retrieved 31 October 2008</ref> The street used to include the part of Sterling Way which now runs past the station.

History

Silver Street was originally a stop on the Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway and opened on 22 July 1872.<ref>Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley</ref>

Several changes were made to Silver Street station in the early 1980s. Two wooden covered staircases leading up to the platforms were replaced by open-air concrete staircases. The northbound platform roof was removed and replaced with a simple brick shelter.

A fire on the London-bound platforms in the 1990s damaged much of the original roof. A new modern structure was put in its place alongside the remaining undamaged portion.

The Fore Street tunnel section of the North Circular Road was built beneath the station during the 1990s without any disruption to service. At this time, a new ticket hall was constructed on the eastern side of the station.

In 2015 the station and all services that call transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to become part of the London Overground network. Silver Street was added to the Tube map at the same time.<ref>TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014</ref><ref>TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014</ref>

Services

A London Overground train approaching the northbound platform at Silver Street Station in April 2024

All services at Silver Street are operated as part of the Weaver line of the London Overground using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>

• 4 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk

Additional services call at the station during weekday peak hours, when the Enfield Town service frequency is doubled to 4 tph.

Connections

London Buses routes 34, 102, 144, 444, 456, 491 and SL1 serve the station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

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