Hackney Central railway station
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| Hackney Central | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Hackney | ||
| Local authority | London Borough of Hackney | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | HKC | ||
| Managed by | London Overground | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.457 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.514 million | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1850 as Hackney Relocated 1870 Closed 1944 Reopened 1985 |
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| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hackney Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Hackney Central railway station is a railway station on the North London Line in an area of the London Borough of Hackney known as Hackney Central in East London.
It is between Dalston Kingsland (to the west) and Homerton (to the east). It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The service is roughly every fifteen minutes westbound to Richmond, and every fifteen minutes eastbound to Stratford. Since November 2007 management has transferred to TfL's London Overground and service frequencies are set to double to 8 trains per hour by 2010 with 24 new tube style trains by 2008. Station deep cleaning and renovations are due in spring 2008.
The station is a short walk from Hackney Downs, on the National Express East Angliaroute from London Liverpool Street. The former station building has been reused as a bar, now closed.
[edit] Future
Hackney Central is a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, also known as Crossrail 2. It would be between Dalston Junction and Homerton. The platforms would be underground, with a connection to the existing surface station. It would connect the station and the borough to the London Underground for the first time ever, although the East London line was supposed to bring the Underground to Hackney but now it will be part of the National Rail Network.
| Preceding station |  London Overground |
Following station | ||
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towards Richmond
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North London Line |
towards Stratford
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[edit] External links
Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
- Train times and station information for Hackney Central railway station from National Rail
- Hackney Central railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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