Lea Valley Lines

Lea Valley Lines
Description	The Lea Valley Lines in London, including the Chingford, Enfield Town and Cheshunt branches of the London Overground, and the Hertford East line
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2022
Train Operating Company	London Overground, Greater Anglia, Stansted Express
Simulation difficulty
Author	Oxalin
Website	Lea Valley Lines
Route map Hertford East West Anglia Main Line Ware Roydon St Margarets Rye House Power Station Rye House Broxbourne Down Loop Broxbourne Down Sidings Broxbourne Broxbourne Up Sidings Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Waltham Cross Turkey Street Enfield Lock Southbury Brimsdown Enfield Town Ponders End Bush Hill Park Chingford Country End Sidings Chingford Edmonton Green Chingford London End Sidings Highams Park Silver Street Wood Street White Hart Lane Meridian Water Bruce Grove Northumberland Park Seven Sisters Tottenham Hale GOBLIN Line Walthamstow Central Stamford Hill St James Street Stoke Newington Lea Bridge Rectory Road Clapton Hackney Downs Temple Mills North London Line London Fields High Meads Junction Cambridge Heath Stratford London Liverpool Street London Liverpool Street

This simulation covers the Lea Valley Lines out of London Liverpool Street (not included). London Overground services to Chingford, Enfield Town and Cheshunt are included, as well as Greater Anglia services to Hertford East and long distance services onto the West Anglia Main Line.

Timetable

A full day timetable replicating spring 2022 services has been included. The standard off peak service is as follows:

Portsmouth Direct Line Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
London Overground	London Liverpool Street	Chingford	4
		Enfield Town	2
		Cheshunt	2
Stansted Express		Stansted Airport	2
Greater Anglia		Cambridge North	2
		Hertford East	2
	Stratford	Bishop's Stortford	2
		Meridian Water	2

Additional peak hour services operate, particularly to Hertford East. There are several freight services interspersed throughout the day, operating across every aspect of the map.

Operational Tips

Stratford

• Only two platforms at Stratford (11 and 12) are included in this simulation. When routing trains into Stratford, care must be taken to ensure they will not block services entering the map from here - there are no protecting signals and so a crash can easily be caused.
• Throughout the day, several London Overground services from Clapham Junction and Richmond terminate in these platforms, as opposed to the normal platforms 1 and 2. Along with the freight services entering here, an eye must always be kept on this at all times!

Hackney Downs

• Keep an eye on where each service is going - trains may enter from the slow lines but need to travel to Chingford or via Tottenham Hale. Additionally, some trains have long dwell times at Hackney Downs, so shouldn't be routed too early.

Chingford

• Keep an eye on the instructions for services on the Chingford branch. Some trains join and split in Chingford throughout the day, and trains take several different routes in and out of the sidings.
• Typically trains arrive and depart Chingford at the same time. The arriving train has some slack built into the timetable, so can be held outside the station for the other service to depart first if need be.

Cheshunt

• London Overground services always terminate in the bay platform.

Broxbourne

• Some services are overtaken here - as a general rule of thumb stopping services (especially those to Hertford East and Bishops Stortford) should be routed into the outer two platforms. However, be careful not to block freight services in this case.
• During peak hours, extra services terminate at Broxbourne. These always terminate in the top platform in the simulation. It should be noted that this service can cause other trains to be delayed through Broxbourne, however they should still leave the simulation on time.

Services via Brimsdown

• Keep an eye on station passing times (all trains on this route should have a time for Cheshunt, and most will have a time for Tottenham Hale) - ensure the trains are kept in the correct order or large delays can be caused. Stansted Express services typically have a large amount of extra time built into the schedule heading towards London, so while it may look like the train is stuck it should still arrive on time.
• Some Greater Anglia services that typically operate via Brimsdown (particularly those to/from Hertford East) instead operate via Seven Sisters in peak periods - make sure to route these the right way at Cheshunt and Hackney Downs.