Dalston Kingsland railway station
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| Dalston Kingsland | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Dalston | ||
| Local authority | Hackney | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Silverlink | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Station code | DLK | ||
| Annual entry/exit |
0.777 million * | ||
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| Zone | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1983 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * based on sales of tickets in 2004/05 financial year which end or originate at this station. Disclaimer (PDF) | |||
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Dalston Kingsland station serves the North London Line. It is located on the Western side of Kingsland High Street (A10) in Dalston, opposite the popular Ridley Road market and is in Travelcard Zone 2. It reopened on 16th May 1983 - a station called 'Kingsland' on the same site had previously closed in 1865 due to the opening of Dalston Junction railway station on the line to Broad Street. Today, the station and all trains serving it are operated by Silverlink.
Typical off-peak frequency at the station is 4 trains per hour westbound to Richmond via Highbury, Camden Town and Willesden, and 4 trains per hour eastbound to Stratford, however service intervals here vary from approximately 7 minutes during rush-hours to 30 minutes on Sundays.
The NLL is both 25kV overhead AC and 750V third-rail DC powered at this point. The passenger service is operated chiefly by Class 313 electric multiple units (EMUs) which can operate with both systems and change from one system to the other here ("pantograph-up, pantograph-down", depending on direction of travel).
Formerly, trains between Canonbury and Hackney Central ran straight through the site of the station. Dalston was served by trains from either direction running on to the North London Line's City branch to Dalston Junction station. That station closed along with the branch when the terminus at Broad Street station closed in 1986. However, Dalston Junction is due to reopen in 2010 with the launch of the London Overground, and Dalston Kingsland will be used as an interchange with that station[1]. The western curve remains and will be reused for the extension of the East London Line to Highbury and Islington station; the eastern curve was removed and is now covered by the car park of Kingsland shopping centre.
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- Train times and station information for Dalston Kingsland railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Dalston Kingsland railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Canonbury | Silverlink North London Line |
Hackney Central | ||
| Railway stations of London Central area | Greater London |
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| Managed by Network Rail: Cannon Street • Charing Cross • Euston • Fenchurch Street • King's Cross • Liverpool Street • London Bridge • Paddington • Victoria • Waterloo |
| Managed by train operator: Blackfriars • Marylebone • Moorgate • St Pancras |
| UK railway stations |
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