It is located on the eastern side of the A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, 5 miles 69 chains (9.4 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction)[4] and situated between Harringay Green Lanes and Blackhorse Road.

A short distance to the east of the station, there is a double turnout branching to the south, to reach the eastern route of the two north–south Lea Valley Lines.

(In fact, it was the original main line, since the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway eastwards was a later addition.)

Both curves were formerly part of the route used by trains on the Palace Gates Line (which then continued onwards to North Woolwich) but these days see infrequent use, with just one booked London Overground train, which travels between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town via Stratford and Seven Sisters, in one direction only.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside.