Hackney Central railway station
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Location | Hackney |
Local authority | London Borough of Hackney |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code(s) | HKC |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Accessible | Yes[1] |
Fare zone | 2 |
OSI | Hackney Downs ![]() ![]() |
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26 September 1850 | Opened as Hackney |
1 December 1870 | Relocated west |
1944 | Closed |
12 May 1980 | Reopened as Hackney Central |
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Coordinates | 51°32′49″N 0°03′21″W / 51.547°N 0.0559°W |
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Hackney Central is a London Overground station on the North London line in Hackney Central, north-east London. It lies between Dalston Kingsland and Homerton and is in Travelcard Zone 2.[4] The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground services which are managed by Transport for London.
The station is connected to Hackney Downs by a direct passenger walkway linking the two stations (replacing an earlier such link) that was opened in July 2015. This walkway means passengers do not have to exit on to the street in order to continue their onward journey and has eased congestion.[5]
History
[edit]Early years
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The North London Railway opened a station named Hackney on 26 September 1850, to the east of Mare Street, then in the county of Middlesex. It closed on 1 December 1870 and was replaced the same day by a station to the west of Mare Street, designed by Edwin Henry Horne and also named Hackney. This station passed in due course to the London and North Western Railway and later on to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which closed the entire North London line east of Dalston Junction to passenger traffic in 1944.[6]
Just to the west of the station a goods yard called Graham Road was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1894. Located just west of the GER Hackney Downs railway viaduct the depot consisted of seven sidings dealing with coal and general goods. The land had originally been purchased for a rail link between the North London and Great Eastern Railways.
Graham Road goods yard closed in October 1965.[7] The site was finally used to link the North London and Great Eastern lines when in anticipation of the closure of Broad Street railway station in 1985 the "Graham Road Curve" was opened to traffic.
Reopening
[edit]On 12 May 1980, the station was reopened by British Rail as part of the Crosstown Linkline service, this time named Hackney Central, a little to the west of the 1870 station. The 1870 station building designed by Edwin Henry Horne is no longer in use by the railway, but is one of only two examples of North London Railway architecture still in situ, the other being Camden Road station, which is still open. Access to the modern Hackney Central station is from an alleyway adjacent to the 1870 building on Mare Street, as well as a more direct access from Amhurst Road.
The former station building is now a bar and music venue.[8]
Line improvement
[edit]As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010 to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of platforms across the network. The line reopened on 1 June 2010, initially with a reduced service and none on Sundays.[9] The full seven-day service resumed on 22 May 2011, with extra services running all day in place of the additional shuttle trains which had previously run between Camden Road and Stratford stations in the morning and evening peaks.[10]
Opening of second entrance
[edit]A new entrance from the south in Graham Road with ticket office and footbridge was opened in 2022.[11][12]
Services
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The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:
- 4 tph westbound to Richmond via Highbury & Islington, Camden Road and Willesden Junction[10]
- 4 tph westbound to Clapham Junction[10]
- 8 tph eastbound to Stratford[10]
Future proposals
[edit]Crossrail 2
[edit]Hackney Central is a proposed stop on Crossrail 2. It would be between Angel and Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters.[13] The platforms would be underground, with a connection to the existing surface station.
Docklands Light Railway
[edit]In February 2006 the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Horizon 2020 report, had suggested that the DLR be extended here from Bow Church via Old Ford and Homerton, taking over the old parts of the North London line to link up Poplar and Canary Wharf.[14] However, most of the former North London line between Hackney Wick and Bow Church has been built on. [citation needed].
Connections
[edit]London Bus routes 30, 38, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277, 394 and W15 and night routes N38, N55, N242, N253 and N277 serve the station.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ Vyas, Shekha (22 August 2015). "New bridge to cut commute between Hackney Downs and Central". Hackney Gazette. London. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Brown, Joe (2009). London Railway Atlas. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3397-9.
- ^ Watling, John (April 1985). "The London goods stations of the GER Part 4". Great Eastern Journal. 42: 4.
- ^ "Hackney gets a new music venue, restaurant and bar in Oslo". TimeOut London. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "London Overground to close from Gospel Oak to Stratford as part of £326m upgrade to deliver longer, more frequent trains". TfL. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford route" (PDF). 15 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ London Borough of Hackney (19 May 2021). "A fair recovery for Hackney Central".
- ^ Smith, Roger (4 July 2022). "Second entrance opened at Hackney Central station". RailAdvent.
- ^ "Crossrail 2 June 2014". TfL Consultations Portal. Transport for London. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ Docklands Light Railway Ltd. - DLR Horizon 2020 Study Business Case Appraisal
- ^ "Buses from Hackney Central" (PDF). Transport for London. June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Night buses from Hackney Central" (PDF). Transport for London. June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
External links
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- Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06 Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Train times and station information for Hackney Central railway station from National Rail
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Dalston Kingsland towards Richmond or Clapham Junction
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North London line | Homerton towards Stratford
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- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
- DfT Category D stations
- Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Hackney
- Former North London Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1870
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1944
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1980
- Railway stations served by London Overground
- Hackney, London
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