Theobalds Grove railway station

Theobalds Grove is a London Overground station on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines, located in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The station is named after the nearby Theobalds Palace grounds. It is 13 miles 45 chains (21.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Turkey Street and Cheshunt, the northern terminus.

Theobalds Grove
The station entrance in March 2024
Theobalds Grove Location of Theobalds Grove in Hertfordshire
Location	Waltham Cross
Local authority	Borough of Broxbourne
Grid reference	TL358010
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	TEO
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	7
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.643 million[1]
2019–20	0.631 million[1]
2020–21	0.218 million[1]
2021–22	0.480 million[1]
2022–23	0.567 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1891	Opened
1 October 1909	Closed
1 March 1915	Re-opened
1 July 1919	Closed
21 November 1960	Re-opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.692°N 0.035°W / 51.692; -0.035
London transport portal

The station is in Travelcard Zone 7.

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver Street Chingford White Hart Lane Highams Park Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road Hatch End Upper () Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park () Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road () Hackney Woodgrange Park Kenton () Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside () North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal () Junction London Fields Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford Harlesden Kensal Rise Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell () Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping South Hampstead Rotherhithe Shepherd's Bush () Euston () Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf () (limited service) New Cross Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate Junction Peckham Rye Brockley Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park South Acton () Clapham Forest Hill Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ()
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History

The railway line from Bury Street Junction, north of the current Edmonton Green station, to Cheshunt was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 October 1891. It was known as the Churchbury Loop.

The district served by the line was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for the benefit of munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919.

After that the line was only served by freight trains until the line was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and Theobalds Grove station reopened to passengers on 21 November 1960.^[2] The line is now known as the Southbury Loop.

The goods depot at the station closed in 1967. Its site is now the station car park .^[3]

The station was much changed in the early 1980s along with several other stations on the line. The roofs on both platforms were removed and modern shorter replacements were installed (similar structures were built at Seven Sisters Station at the same time). Steel stairs replaced the wooden stairs leading up to the north-bound platforms though the wooden cover was retained. The London-bound staircase was left unaltered. The ticket office was also partially reconstructed.

From 2 January 2013, Oyster cards have been accepted at the station. The station is in Travelcard zone 7.

On 31 May 2015 the station and all services that call here transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.^[4][5]

Services

All services at Theobalds Grove are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

• 2 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 2 tph to Cheshunt

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Turkey Street towards Liverpool Street		Enfield & Cheshunt line Cheshunt branch		Cheshunt Terminus

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987
3. Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
4. TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
5. TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014
6. Table 21 National Rail timetable, June 2024

External links

• Train times and station information for Theobalds Grove railway station from National Rail