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Location notes
Located 5 1/2 miles north of London Kings Cross on the Hertford loop. Bowes Park is also just north of Bounds Green TMD.
Railway type and traffic
Most of the traffic that uses the Hertford loops is First Capital Connect passenger units, with some freight that is not cleared for the slightly restrictive loading gauges of the southern ECML tunnels. The station also has a head shunt to the north of the platforms that movements from Kings Cross to Bounds Green use to reverse into the depot.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Bowes Park
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This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
A queit suburban branch line station in north London.
Road directions
From the A406 North Circular road:
At Middlesex uni turn onto Bounds Green Road and follow the road until you reach the petrol station. The bridge over the railway line has a footpath leading to the station.
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Bowes Park map co-ordinates
At Middlesex uni turn onto Bounds Green Road and follow the road until you reach the petrol station. The bridge over the railway line has a footpath leading to the station.
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Bowes Park map co-ordinates
Parking
Quite limited. Residential side streets.
Public transport
A number of bus routes serve the area as does First Capital Connect services.
Bounds Green Piccadilly Line station is also a 2 minute walk away.
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Bounds Green Piccadilly Line station is also a 2 minute walk away.
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Amenities
There is a petol station close to the station.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Bowes Park
Streetmap links
Bowes Park general view map
Bowes Park close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Bowes Park
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Bowes Park
Googly map
Bowes Park general view map
Bowes Park close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Bowes Park
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Photographic notes
The platform is an island between the two lines. To the north end of the platforms is the headshunt. There is little to cast shadows on passing trains other than the main station buildings.
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south west
Looking towards Bounds Green TMD which is accessed to the left of this shot.
Fig 2 - Looking south west
Fig 3 - Looking south west
From further up the platfroms a Hertford bound working.
Fig 4 - Looking south west
Fig 5 - Looking north east
Fig 6 - Looking north east
The headshunt. Trains arrive from the south on the left. Reverse and depart to the right.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
