Bowes Park railway station

London, Italy

Bowes Park railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is on the boundary of London fare zone 3 and 4. It is 5 miles 55 chains (5.69 miles, 9.15 km) down the line from London King's Cross. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Northern, on the Hert

ford Loop Line. It was first opened by the GNR in 1880, some nine years after the Loop Line itself was completed. The station is a short walk from Bounds Green Underground station on the Piccadilly line, with which it is a valid out-of-station interchange. It has an unusual location in that it is situated between two quiet residential cul-de-sacs and is accessed from a footbridge over the railway line which divides those streets. Bowes Park is the only station on the entire Hertford Loop with an island platform. In autumn 2008, a new Shere FASTticket self-service ticket machine, accepting both cash and credit cards, was installed here (and similarly at other local Govia Thameslink Railway stations). To the north of the station is a single siding in between the two running tracks which is occasionally used to turn around trains heading to Bounds Green Depot just north of Alexandra Palace...

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