White Hart Lane were suggested. In its early day it was normally referred to as the Hotspur's or Spurs' Ground by the club or the High Road Ground by the public, in time it became popularly known as White Hart Lane, which is in fact the name of the street on the western side of the High Road, away from the ground. It is however unclear how it became so-named; some thought that it acquired the name because spectators would first meet up at the White Hart Lane railway station, another suggestion is that it referred to the lane leading to the stadium
White Hart Lane railway station Edmonton Railway and opened on 22 July 1872 and its vicinity soon took on a more urban character. The Provisional IRA planted a small bomb at the station on 1 March 1992, which coincided with a match day at White Hart Lane. Today, the station and services that call are operated by London Overground, which took over from Abellio Greater Anglia in May 2015. At that time, the station was added to the Tube map. As part of the Northumberland Development Project to redevelop the White Hart Lane stadium and regenerate the area, a plan to upgrade the station has