Hackney Downs railway station

Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs
	Hackney Downs in 2010
	Hackney Downs Location of Hackney Downs in Greater London
Location	Hackney
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	HAC
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
OSI	Hackney Central
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14	2.035 million
– interchange	0.926 million
2014–15	2.164 million
– interchange	0.897 million
2015–16	2.267 million
– interchange	1.726 million
2016–17	3.901 million
– interchange	2.405 million
Key dates
1872	Opened as Hackney Downs Junction
1896	Renamed Hackney Downs
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
WGS84	51°32′54″N 0°03′36″W / 51.5483°N 0.0601°W

Hackney Downs railway station is in the London Borough of Hackney in east London. The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia services to, and from Liverpool Street and Hertford East, and London Overground trains on the West Anglia route, between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town/Cheshunt/Chingford. The station in Travelcard Zone 2.

Location

The station is a short walk from Hackney Central, on the North London Line. Until Hackney Central's closure in 1944, a passenger connection linked the two stations.

Reopening

However, when Hackney Central reopened in 1985 between Dalston Kingsland and Homerton, the footway did not reopen (expected by 2015), and passengers transferring between the stations are now used to leave the station and transfer at street level. The station was originally opened as Downs Junction Station in 1896.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:

10tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street

2 operated by Abellio Greater Anglia 8 operated by London Overground

4tph to Chingford (London Overground)
2tph to Cheshunt via Seven Sisters (London Overground)
2tph to Enfield Town via Seven Sisters (London Overground)
2tph to Hertford East via Tottenham Hale (Abellio Greater Anglia)

Gallery

(Seven Sisters line) platforms looking south
(Seven Sisters line) platforms looking north
(Tottenham Hale/Chingford line) platforms looking south
(Tottenham Hale/Chingford line) platforms looking north
Signage on northbound Tottenham Hale/Chingford platform

References

↑ "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

Other websites

Train times and station information for Hackney Downs railway station from National Rail

[1] "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

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