Dalston Junction railway station

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Railway station
Dalston Junction
The Broad Street branch line in 1899
Location
Place Dalston
History
Opened by North London Railway
Platforms 4
Key dates Opened 1865
Closed 1986
Old station demolished 2005
Due to reopen 2010
Replaced by Dalston Kingsland

Dalston Junction was originally a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney. It was on the North London Railway that ran to Broad Street railway station. It was located at the corner of Kingsland High Street and Dalston Lane and was linked to the North London Line by two partly covered curves that ran both east and west to the north of the station.

The station closed along with the rest of the line in 1986; since then the site has been boarded up and derelict. Nevertheless, the locality has retained the name of the station - both the road signs and bus stops indicate that one is at 'Dalston Junction'.

Contents

[edit] East London Railway

In early 2005 the few remaining parts of the former station were demolished to facilitate the construction of a new station on the extended East London Railway. Rather than being a tube line, services will form part of the London Overground network. The new station is due to be opened in June 2010 with through services via the currently disused west curve to Canonbury and Highbury & Islington. Dalston Junction's location is close to that of Dalston Kingsland railway station and maps will show the two stations as an interchange[1].

The station site includes a considerable amount of vacant land, and Transport for London and Hackney Council are planning a large scale redevelopment above the new station, with a new bus interchange and residential towers up to 18 storeys tall.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC.co.uk: 2010 Tube Map
  2. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Haggerston   North London Railway
Broad Street-Richmond
  Mildmay Park
  North London Railway
Broad Street-Poplar
  Hackney
London Broad Street   British Rail
Eastern Region

North London Line (City Branch)
  Canonbury
National Rail
Haggerston   London Overground
East London Railway
under construction
  Canonbury