Brimsdown railway station
Brimsdown 
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 Brimsdown
Location of Brimsdown in Greater London
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| Location | Brimsdown |
| Local authority | London Borough of Enfield |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | BMD |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.508 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.599 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.658 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.764 million |
| 2015–16 |
0.978 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1884 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°39′20″N 0°01′51″W / 51.6556°N 0.0308°WCoordinates: 51°39′20″N 0°01′51″W / 51.6556°N 0.0308°W |
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Brimsdown railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield in north east London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines, 17 km (10¾ miles) north of London Liverpool Street. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
In 1951, Brimsdown railway station was used as the set for part of the Alexander Mackendrick film The Man in the White Suit, starring Alec Guinness (the station where Sidney Stratton tries to buy a ticket near the end of the film).
The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. The station itself (which was going to be named Green Street) was financed by a local landowner and developer and built by builder W Bangs & Co. The station opened on 1 October 1884 and services were operated by the Great Eastern Railway.
A signal box built by McKenzie and Holland was provided with 15 levers to operate points and signals and this was enlarged in 1899 to have 32 levers. In 1928 it was recorded as having a 42 lever frame so further expansion had clearly taken place in the intervening years.
Some goods sidings were located on the up side and a short branch to the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock joined these from the east. There was also a siding to a power station.
In 1923 Brimsdown station was taken over and operated by the London & North Eastern Railwayas a result of the grouping of the UK's railways into four major companies.
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