Roydon railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Roydon, Epping Forest District England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°46′30″N 0°02′10″E / 51.775°N 0.036°E | ||||
| Grid reference | TL405104 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | RYN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1844 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.132 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 40,704 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.101 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.102 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.121 million | ||||
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Roydon railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Roydon in Essex, England. It is 20 miles 9 chains (32.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Broxbourne and Harlow Town stations. Its three-letter station code is RYN.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.
History
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The station was designed by Francis Thompson[1] and opened by the Northern and Eastern Railway in 1844.[1] The main station building was abandoned by British Railways in 1978[1] and remained unoccupied until being converted into a restaurant. The station was given Grade II listed status on 30 April 1971.[2]
The station's signal box, built in 1876, is one of only two surviving examples of the GER Type I signal box.[3]
In 2016 the station's ticket office was demolished, and a waiting room was built on its foundations. Additional customer information screens, ticket machines, and improved CCTV and lighting were added at the same time.[4][5]
Services
[edit]All services at Roydon are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]
- 1 tph to London Liverpool Street
- 1 tph to Stratford
- 1 tph to Bishop's Stortford
- 1 tph to Cambridge North
During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from Ely.
On Sundays, the services between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford do not run.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Parishes: Roydon - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1111121)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Improvements to Roydon station". www.londontravelwatch.org.uk.
- ^ "MP Robert Halfon to visit Roydon rail station to view improvements - Greater Anglia". www.greateranglia.co.uk.
- ^ Table 22 National Rail timetable, May 2022
External links
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- Train times and station information for Roydon railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1111121)". National Heritage List for England.
- Grade II listed buildings in Essex
- Railway stations in Essex
- DfT Category E stations
- Transport in Epping Forest District
- Signal boxes in the United Kingdom
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations served by Greater Anglia
- Francis Thompson railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844
- 1844 establishments in England
- Roydon, Essex
- Grade II listed railway stations