It is 10 miles 61 chains (17.3 km) down the line from Liverpool Street and is situated between Ponders End and Enfield Lock.

The station itself (which at one time was to be named Green Street) was financed by a local landowner and developer, and built by builder W Bangs & Co.

[8] Prior to the completion of electrification in 1969, passenger services between Cheshunt and London Liverpool Street through Brimsdown station were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units (which had been purpose-built for the line in 1958).

As with most of the UK, management of the nationally owned track and signals passed in 1994 to Railtrack, which was succeeded by Network Rail in 2004.

[9] Following privatisation in 1994, operation of the station was allocated to a business unit before being taken over by West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) in January 1997, at the time owned by Prism Rail.

[citation needed] The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Hertford East and London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale.