Highams Park is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Highams Park in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . It has been operated by London Overground since 2015.
History
thumb|The station in 1995|left
The station was originally named "Hale End" upon opening on 17 November 1873, and was renamed on 1 October 1894 as Highams Park. On 1 May 1899, it was again renamed to Highams Park & Hale End, before changing to its current name on 20 February 1969.
The station had a goods yard to transport milk and Xylonite by the 1890s, which closed in 1965.
The present station, to the design of Neville Ashbee, was inaugurated in 1903, according to a plaque at the station.
Facilities
The station is staffed the majority of the day, and has full step-free access. There are waiting shelters, ticket machines, departure and information screens, a car park and bicycle storage.
Passenger volume
{| class="wikitable"
|+Passenger Volume at Highams Park
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!2002–03
!2004–05
!2005–06
!2006–07
!2007–08
!2008–09
!2009–10
!2010–11
!2011–12
!2012–13
!2013–14
!2014–15
!2015–16
!2016–17
!2017–18
!2018–19
!2019–20
!2020–21
!2021–22
!2022–23
|-
|Entries and exits
|1,279,429
|1,220,851
|1,091,726
|1,671,640
|1,726,941
|1,591,470
|1,464,612
|1,553,296
|1,646,330
|1,664,538
|1,822,878
|1,998,106
|2,116,016
|2,358,214
|2,503,850
|2,817,380
|2,679,244
|788,376
|1,828,440
|2,258,850
|}
<small>The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.</small>
Services
Trains are operated by London Overground (before 2015, services were operated by Abellio Greater Anglia). The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street;
- 4 tph to Chingford.
Connections
London Buses routes 212, 275, W16 and 675 serve the station.