South Tottenham (STO)

South Tottenham is a stop on the Gospel Oak - Barking (GOBLIN) Line in London between Harringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road.
LO 710 265 departs


Information
Type: Transport for London (Gospel Oak - Barking Line)
Station code: STO
Opened: 1871
Platforms: 2

The station was opened as South Tottenham & Stamford Hill [1] in 1871 by the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway. The station was renamed South Tottenham in 1949. For a time the station was the terminus for Midland Railway services until the opening of the Tottenham & Forest Gate Line.

The original station buildings were demolished in the 1970s. The station is on an embankment with a street level entrance. It has been managed by Transport for London since 2007.
Station entrance

Signal box

Station signage

View down the platform

A 710 prepares to go



[1] J.E. Connor, St. Pancras to Barking (Middleton Press, 2005) Fig. 68
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