Southbury is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located on the eastern side of Enfield in north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations on the Southbury Loop section of the Lea Valley lines. The station is in London fare zone 5.
History The line from Bury Street Junction, north of Edmonton Green station, to was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 1 October 1891 when this station opened with the name Churchbury. The line was known as the Churchbury Loop.
The district was still predominantly rural, and the coming of the tram to Waltham Cross in 1904 saw the railway unable to compete. Passenger services ceased on 1 October 1909, but were reinstated for munitions workers between 1 March 1915 and 1 July 1919.
After that the line was used only by goods trains until it was electrified as part of a wider scheme, and the station reopened as Southbury on 21 November 1960.White, H.P., A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 3 Greater London, David & Charles, 1987 The line is now known as the Southbury Loop. The goods yard closed in 1970.Brown, Joe, London Railway Atlas, page 5, Ian Allan Publishing, 2006
On 31 May 2015, the station and all services that call transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014
Services All services at Southbury are operated as part of the Weaver line of the London Overground using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to London Liverpool Street 2 tph to
Connections London Buses routes 121, 191, 307 and 313 serve the station.
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