SideTracked - South Tottenham
South Tottenham is 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) from St Pancras.
The station opened as 'South Tottenham and Stamford Hill' station on 1st May 1871. Originally it formed part of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway, which the Great Eastern Railway hoped would provide a west end terminus that would match the Bishopsgate railway station in the east.
The first trains to pass through the station were operated by Midland Railway.
The station was renamed South Tottenham in 1949, after nationalisation brought it under the auspices of British Rail.
London Overground took ownership from 2007, and now operates the Suffragette line from Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside. The Suffragette name was chosen in 2024 to "honour East London's major contribution to the Suffragette movement". The London Overground booklet 'The New London Overground Lines' explains:
"The line’s name pays special homage to the East London Federation of Suffragettes, which was a largely working-class suffragette movement. They campaigned for the rights of working-class women, holding public marches and meetings, and producing a weekly newspaper.
A key member of the movement was Annie Huggett. She lived and campaigned in Barking, where she died at the age of 103, making her the longest surviving suffragette. Huggett was a pioneer who fought for votes when she was just a teenager, and even hosted the Pankhursts, a family of leading suffragettes. She organised meetings from the former George Inn in Barking Broadway – then the Three Lamps – a spot favoured by trade unionists and suffragettes. Her work helped empower women to have a significant impact on society, in the past, present and continuing into the future."
The line appears in green on the map because green, purple and white were the colours of the Suffragette movement.
The Crossrail 2 plans include the construction of a double-ended underground station linking South Tottenham to Seven Sisters, in place of the current 'out-of-station' interchange.
Congratulations to Tbear186 for the FTF. Thanks to Southerntrekker for reviewing and publishing.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tottenham_railway_station#cite_note-7
https://blog.lessavine.co.uk/london-overground-south-tottenham-station-sto/
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overground/how-the-names-were-chosen?intcmp=75270
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