White Hart Lane railway station
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station White Hart Lane is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey in North London. It is Template:Convert from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Template:Rws and Template:Rws stations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is in London fare zone 3. The station is close to Bruce Grove and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
History
White Hart Lane was originally a stop on the Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line (part of Great Eastern Railway) which opened on 22 July 1872.Template:Sfn The station was named after the local road on which it is sited – White Hart Lane (the road probably acquired its name in the 17th century but part of it existed earlier as Apeland Street),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and it was once the location of a spring called Bishop's Well.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The area was semi-rural before the arrival of railway with some villas and other buildings along Tottenham High Road, and the opening of the station drew increasing population to the area, which then developed to become more urban.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The line was extended to Enfield, and within a few years 4 trains per hour was running from Liverpool Street to Enfield, more at peak hours, with two reversing at White Hart Lane.Template:Sfn It was also linked to Cheshunt in October 1891, initially with services that ran only between White Hart Lane and Cheshunt.Template:Sfn In addition to the passenger service, there were also freight facilities on the up side with a refuge siding on the opposite side until 1968.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
The original station building built in 1872 was a two-storey brick structure. The White Hart Lane football stadium (which had the same name as the station) opened in 1899 and the station became a point of arrival for fans attending matches at the stadium. As attendance increased, wide exit doors were provided to cope with the 10,000-strong crowds that passed through the station to the stadium on match days. At its busiest, train were running at intervals of under five minutes, the maximum possible with steam trains. In 1961, after the line had been electrified, trains from Liverpool Street were running at intervals of four minutes at its peak on match days, with additional trains from Template:Stnlnk and Template:Stnlnk.Template:Sfn
In 1957, a scheme was initiated to raise the railway bridge over the adjoining road White Hart Lane by Template:Cvt so that double-decker buses may pass under. This required substantial alterations to the platforms and lifting of the tracks which was completed in 1958.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The work was one of the schemes undertaken in preparation for the electrification of the line.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1962, a new entrance was added at the station for football fans returning after matches.Template:Sfn
Template:Overground RDT In 1978, a fire caused some damage to old station, and a new ticket office was built to the north of the original Victorian building. The entrance frontage beside the road of White Hart Lane dates from this period. New staircases were also constructed on both sides of the exteriors of the platforms for passengers' access.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Provisional IRA planted a small bomb at the station on 1 March 1992, which coincided with a League Cup semi-final match against Nottingham Forest at White Hart Lane.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The match was delayed while the device was made safe.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Today, the station and services that call are operated by the London Overground, which took over from Abellio Greater Anglia in May 2015. At that time, the station was added to the Tube map.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Lea Valley line it is on has been renamed the Weaver line.
Rebuilding
As part of the Northumberland Development Project to redevelop the White Hart Lane stadium and regenerate the area the station was also selected to be upgraded.<ref name="prior">Template:Cite web</ref> This involved the building of a new ticket hall to the south of the original station building on Love Lane to create a better connection with Tottenham High Road, and an additional entrance on Penshurst Road as well as two lifts for step-free access to ease the bottlenecking of fans on match day. There is also additional new cycle parking.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The rebuilding, which was undertaken by Taylor Woodrow Construction,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was originally scheduled to start in autumn 2017 and finish in spring 2019 but was delayed.<ref name="prior"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The new entrance to the station was opened on 26 August 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discussions were reported in 2019 regarding a proposal that the station could be renamed "Tottenham Hotspur".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> No arrangement was ultimately reached, but the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee expressed that they remained open to exploring that, and similar, brand deals.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tottenham Hotspur matches
On days that see football matches at Tottenham Hotspur's ground nearby the station sees increased usage. A special timetable operates on match days, with trains arriving and departing every two to three minutes before and after the game. There is an increase in the number of trains to and from the line's termini at Template:Rws and Template:Rws, as well as starting and terminating White Hart Lane trains and services to and from Template:Rws and Liverpool Street.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Historically, additional match-day services also connected to the Gospel Oak to Barking line and to Template:Stn from Template:Rws.
Services
All services at White Hart Lane 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 the peak hours (when the Enfield Town service is doubled to 4 tph), and on matchdays at the nearby Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Connections
London Buses routes 149, 259, 279, 349, W3 and night route N279 serve the station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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