Cambridge Heath
Cambridge Heath railway station in February 2010
Cambridge Heath Location of Cambridge Heath in Greater London
Location	Cambridge Heath
Local authority	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	CBH
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.774 million[1]
2020–21	0.252 million[1]
2021–22	0.602 million[1]
2022–23	0.771 million[1]
2023–24	1.051 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
27 May 1872 (1872-05-27)	Station opened
22 May 1916	Temporarily closed
5 May 1919	Reopened
17 February 1986	Temporarily closed
15 March 1986	Reopened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°31′56″N0°03′26″W / 51.5321°N 0.0572°W /51.5321; -0.0572
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Cambridge Heath is a station on theWeaver line of theLondon Overground,^[2][3] located inCambridge Heath,East London. The station is 1 mile 61 chains (2.8 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street and is situated betweenBethnal Green andLondon Fields on the Weaver line branch toCheshunt andEnfield Town. Its three-letter station code is CBH and it is inLondon fare zone 2.

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The station was opened on 27 May 1872 by theGreat Eastern Railway (GER) as part of a more direct route toEnfield Town which before opening was accessed via Angel Road station. The station was located on a viaduct, had two platforms and a station building on the Up (east) side.

In 1894, with increasing traffic, the GER opened two additional tracks on the eastern side, which are known as the Fast Lines today, to allow longer distance trains to bypass the station.^[4][5] No platforms were opened on these new lines. The 1872 station building was also demolished at that time, being replaced by a new building constructed beside the Fast Lines with access to platforms provided by means of a subway.

DuringWorld War I the station was closed as a wartime economy measure from 22 May 1916, and was subsequently reopened on 5 May 1919.^[6]

After theRailways Act 1921, the country's railways were grouped into four companies, with effect from 1 January 1923. At Cambridge Heath, theLondon & North Eastern Railway (LNER) took over operations of the GER services.

In 1935, the semaphore signalling was replaced by single searchlight signals which were able to display three aspects (Green, Yellow or Red) through different changeable lens arrangements. It was also in 1935 that electrification of the lines through Cambridge Heath was suggested, although many years were to pass before these plans came to fruition.^[7][8]

Onnationalisation in 1948 responsibility for operating the station fell toBritish Railways (Eastern Region).

The lines through Hackney were electrified in the late 1950s with electric services commencing operation on 21 November 1960.^[9]

The station, along with neighbouring London Fields, was for many years only served during weekday peak periods, with regular daytime services not restarting until 1998, and evening and Saturday services from 2001.^[10]

Oyster pay as you go cards were introduced at the station in 2008. The station and all services that call were previously operated byAbellio Greater Anglia. In May 2015, Cambridge Heath transferred toLondon Overground and now appears on thetube map.^[11][12]

As of November 2018, the station will take part in a "pay by face" facial technology trial called "Gateless Gatelines". It will be used for a trial to "nudge" passengers into ensuring they tap their payment card.^[13] In the three-month data-gathering exercise 3D mapping "stereoscopic depth sensors" resembling ceiling-mounted shower heads will track people's movements. The system will be able to analyse from a person's movement through the gate whether they have touched in on the Oyster reader."^[13]

All services at Cambridge Heath are operated as part of theWeaver line of theLondon Overground usingClass 710EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[14]

• 4 tph toLondon Liverpool Street
• 2 tph toCheshunt
• 2 tph toEnfield Town

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Bethnal Green towardsLiverpool Street		Weaver line Lea Valley lines		London Fields towardsCheshunt orEnfield Town

London Buses services serves the station, routes 106,26,55, 254,388, D6 and night routesN26,N55 andN253.

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