Brimsdown railway station is in the London Borough of Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

 in north east London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 5

Travelcard Zone 5

Fare zone 5 is an outer zone of Transport for London's zonal fare system used for calculating the price of tickets for travel on the London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and, since 2007, on National Rail services. The zone was created in May 1983 and in January 1991 part...

, on the Tottenham Hale branch of the Lea Valley Lines

Lea Valley Lines

The Lea Valley Lines are three commuter lines and two branches in North East London, so named because they run along the valley of the River Lea...

, 17 km (10¾ miles) north of London Liverpool Street. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by National Express East Anglia.
In 1951, Brimsdown railway station was used as the set for part of the Alexander Mackendrick

Alexander Mackendrick

Alexander Mackendrick was a Scottish American director and teacher. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later moved to Scotland...

 film The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

The Man In The White Suit is a 1951 satirical comedy film made by Ealing Studios. It starred Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, and Cecil Parker, and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick. It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment...

, starring Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai...

 (the station where Sidney Stratton tries to buy a ticket near the end of the film).

History

The railway line from Stratford to Broxbourne was opened by the Northern & Eastern Railway on 15 September 1840. The station itself was opened by the Great Eastern Railway

Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...

 in 1884.

The lines through Brimsdown were electrified on 5 May 1969.

Service

There is a half-hourly service southbound to London Liverpool Street

Liverpool Street station

Liverpool Street railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is both a central London railway terminus and a connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, England...

 and 2 trains per hour northbound to Hertford East

Hertford East railway station

Hertford East railway station is one of two stations in Hertford in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 39 km north of London Liverpool Street. It is fifteen minutes' walk from Hertford North station....

. Sundays there is an hourly service towards Liverpool Street and Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford railway station

Bishop's Stortford railway station serves the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia; this includes the 2 or 3tph Stansted Express service.-History:...

.

The typical journey time to Liverpool Street is 22 minutes.

Oyster Card

Oyster card

The Oyster card is a form of electronic ticketing used on public transport services within the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. It is promoted by Transport for London and is valid on a number of different travel systems across London including London Underground, buses, the Docklands...

 Readers came into use on 2 January 2010.

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