White Hart Lane railway station been proposed, and the rebuilding is scheduled to start in autumn 2017 and finished in spring 2019. This involves the building of a new ticket hall on Love Lane to create a better connection with Tottenham High Road and an additional entrance on Penshurst Road. The football club is also interested in renaming the White Hart Lane station to Tottenham Hotspur. On days that see football matches at Tottenham Hotspur's ground nearby the station sees increased usage. A special timetable operates on match days, with trains arriving and departing every few minutes before and after the game. There is an
White Hart Lane entrance beside the White Hart pub later officially named Bill Nicholson Way. The first game at the Lane to mark its opening was a friendly against Notts County on 4 September 1899, with around 5,000 supporters attending, generating a gate receipt of £115. The first goal at the Lane came from Tommy McCairns of Notts County, followed by an equaliser from Tom Pratt and a hat-trick from David Copeland, ending in a 4–1 home win. The first competitive game on the ground was held five days later in front of a 11,000 crowd against Queens Park Rangers, which Spurs won