Ponders End
Ponders End Station in November 2022
Ponders End Location of Ponders End in Greater London
Location	Ponders End
Local authority	London Borough of Enfield
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Station code(s)	PON
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.665 million[2]
2020–21	0.299 million[2]
2021–22	0.561 million[2]
2022–23	0.699 million[2]
2023–24	0.787 million[2]
Key dates
15 September 1840	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°38′32″N 0°02′07″W / 51.6421°N 0.03518°W / 51.6421; -0.03518
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Ponders End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line, serving the district of Ponders End in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is 9 miles 71 chains (15.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is located between Meridian Water and Brimsdown. Its three-letter station code is PON and it is in Travelcard zone 5.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

It is near to Lee Valley Leisure Complex.

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne, and Ponders End station, was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840.^[3]

The lines through Ponders End were electrified on 5 May 1969.^[4] Prior to the completion of electrification in 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Ponders End station were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line in 1958).

All services at Ponders End are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Hertford East and London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.^[5]

On Sundays, southbound services at the station run to and from Stratford instead of London Liverpool Street.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Meridian Water or Tottenham Hale		Greater Anglia Lea Valley Lines		Brimsdown
Disused railways
Angel Road		Greater Anglia Lea Valley Lines		Brimsdown

London Buses route 191 serves the station, also the 313 and 491 do, but from a further distance.

The station is in the plan for Crossrail 2 Broxbourne branch, but this is very unlikely to happen soon, but may happen in the distant future.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ponders End railway station.

• Train times and station information for Ponders End railway station from National Rail