It is also the final station on the Southbury Loop after Theobalds Grove, forming one of three northern termini for Weaver line services.

During the London 2012 Olympic Games, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross provided the main rail access to the Lee Valley White Water Centre.

Based on a design by Henry Robinson Palmer, this line ran for 0.75 mi (1.21 km) from the town's high street to the River Lea, near to where Cheshunt station is today.

The existing station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway, which had leased the N&ER from 1 January 1844, on 31 May 1846 and was located near the level crossing on Windmill Lane.

Falling passenger numbers saw the Churchbury Loop passenger services withdrawn on 1 October 1909; the then President of the Board of Trade, Winston Churchill, had to answer a question on the subject in the House of Commons as a railway closure was, at that point, a rare occurrence.

[9] During World War I, the Lea Valley was a centre of the munitions industry and the government called on the GER to restore passenger services which served the original stations.

From 1958, local passenger services between Cheshunt and London, via Tottenham Hale, were normally operated by Class 125 diesel multiple units.

The lines from Hackney Downs, via Seven Sisters, to Bishop's Stortford and Hertford East, including those through Cheshunt, were electrified on 21 November 1960.

[14] In preparation for the new Lea Valley electric services, the area was resignalled on 11/12 January 1969, although Cheshunt signal box was retained.

The lines south via Tottenham Hale were not electrified until 10 March of the same year, with electric passenger services starting on 5 May 1969.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross stations were the main access point for the Broxbourne whitewater canoe and kayak slalom.

[20] The Liverpool Street–Cheshunt via Seven Sisters service was transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground in May 2015.