Enfield Town station
Enfield Town 
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 Enfield Town
Location of Enfield Town in Greater London
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| Location | Enfield |
| Local authority | London Borough of Enfield |
| Grid reference | TQ330965 |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Station code | ENF |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 1.565 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.604 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.825 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.973 million |
| – interchange |
49 |
| 2015–16 |
2.107 million |
| – interchange |
479 |
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| 1849 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°39′06″N 0°04′45″W / 51.6516°N 0.0792°WCoordinates: 51°39′06″N 0°04′45″W / 51.6516°N 0.0792°W |
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Enfield Town is the northern terminus of a branch of the Lea Valley Lines, on the London Overground network. It is the most central of several stations in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 10 miles 55 chains (17.2 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street, the southern terminus.
Its three-letter station code is ENF and it is in Travelcard zone 5. In 2015 the line and Enfield Town station were transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to London Overground and added to the Tube map.
The station was opened on 1 March 1849 by the Eastern Counties Railways as Enfield. It was renamed Enfield Town on 1 April 1886.
A house which had stood on the site since the late 17th century is said to have been the birthplace of Isaac D'Israeli, father of Benjamin Disraeli. It later became a school, at which John Keats was educated. It then became the original station-house before being demolished in 1872. The fine 17th-century brickwork facade, once attributed to Christopher Wren, was dismantled, and reconstructed at South Kensington Museum.
Its place was taken by a brick station building with an attached station-master's house and a walled forecourt. This in turn was replaced in 1957 by the present building by the British Railways architect H. H. Powell. Ticket barriers were installed in 2012.
Operation of the station was transferred from National Express to Abellio Greater Anglia in 2012, and again in 2015 from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground.
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