Alphabetical thing: Angel Road

Angel Road station is in Zone 4, on National Rail's National Express East Anglia lines. It's only open in the rush hours. Even then the main line trains from London Liverpool Street go through without without stopping, leaving it to be served by the shuttle service from Stratford.

There are two platforms, linked by a footbridge. The exit is by following a long path leading from the northbound platform.



What's immediately outside the station? Dual carriageways and flyovers criss-crossing the empty marshlands near the river Lea. There's a large pile of rusting skips in a field near the station entrance.

Also nearby is a large "oca Cola" factory. This area is so neglected that not even a company as image conscious as Coke can be bothered to mend their broken signs here!

The Borough of Enfield sign on the flyover by the station entrance was in better condition, although no-one knows exactly what that heraldic beast from the borough's coat of arms is supposed to represent. The Enfield beast is described as having "the head of a fox, the chest of a greyhound, the body of a lion, the hindquarters and tail of a wolf, and forelegs like an eagle's talons."

Is it near Angel Road? As the crow flies, yes. The road passes over the southern end of the platforms. However, pedestrians are no longer allowed on that bit of the road, so now the exit is down a long, narrow footpath to the next flyover, Conduit Lane, where you have a long walk back towards the bus stops and carpark for the Angel Road superstores.

I was pleased to see an Ikea among the superstores there. I'd started the day by doing Ampere Way beside an Ikea, so to finish that day's exploring beside another one added a sense of symmetry to things.