Seven Sisters station

Seven Sisters
Entrance on Seven Sisters Road to National Rail and London Underground
Seven Sisters Location of Seven Sisters in Greater London
Location	Seven Sisters
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	London Underground Abellio Greater Anglia
Station code	SVS
Number of platforms	5
Fare zone	3
OSI	South Tottenham [1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2010	12.430 million[2]
2011	12.530 million[2]
2012	13.250 million[2]
2013	14.46 million[2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–07	2.586 million[3]
2007–08	2.410 million[3]
2008–09	2.216 million[3]
2009–10	2.128 million[3]
2010–11	2.617 million[3]
2011–12	3.049 million[3]
2012–13	3.426 million[3]
Key dates
22 July 1872	Opened (GER)
1 January 1878	Opened (Palace Gates Line)
7 January 1963	Closed (Palace Gates Line)
1 September 1968	Opened (Victoria Line)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°34′56″N 0°04′31″W / 51.582222°N 0.075278°W / 51.582222; -0.075278

Seven Sisters station is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. Seven Sisters lies between Finsbury Park and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line and between Stamford Hill and Bruce Grove on the National Rail line operated by Abellio Greater Anglia from Liverpool Street. It is a short distance from South Tottenham station on London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking line.

History

The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872. On 1 January 1878, the GER opened a branch line, the Palace Gates Line, from Seven Sisters station to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station to the north-west.

Due to unprofitability, the Palace Gates Line was closed by British Rail in 1963 and the branch line track and platforms at Seven Sisters have been removed.

On 24 July 1967 planning permission was granted to convert the station for London Underground use.^[4] The first section of the Victoria line opened on 1 September 1968 serving Seven Sisters, although a shared entrance and interchange facilities with the surface station were not opened until December 1968. The original GER entrance to the station was situated in West Green Road at the north end of the surface station, but the new combined entrance was opened in Seven Sisters Road at the south end on the site of a former wood merchants yard, connecting to the west end of the Victoria line platforms. The original (1872) entrance was closed at that time. The National Rail platforms are not at street level. Platform 1 (towards London Liverpool Street) is accessed by twin staircases. Platform 2 (towards Enfield Town & Cheshunt) has a staircase and an "up" escalator.

A second entrance at the east end includes the main Victoria line ticket hall, and is accessed via subways on each side of High Road just north of the junction with Seven Sisters Road. There are three Victoria line platforms at Seven Sisters: with one platform (platform 4) reserved for services which terminate at the station to return to the depot or reverse back into central London, although a connection is available for trains to continue to Walthamstow Central.

The section of Victoria line between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park stations is the longest between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the London Underground network. During the planning phase of the Victoria line, thought was given to converting Manor House into a Victoria line station and diverting the Piccadilly line in new tunnels directly from Finsbury Park to Turnpike Lane via Harringay Green Lanes, but the inconvenience this would cause, as well as the cost, ensured that this idea was abandoned.

On 31 May 2015 the Liverpool Street-Enfield Town/Cheshunt services, will transfer from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations.^[5][6] This change to London Overground will mean that Freedom Pass holders will be able to use their passes at any time at this station, thus avoiding the need to additionally carry an Oyster card when making journeys prior to 9:30a.m.

Future

In May 2013 it was announced that the station would be on the latest proposed route for Crossrail 2.^[7]

Cultural references

Seven Sisters station is referenced in the song "Seven Sisters Road" by UK rock band Alien Stash Tin, and included on the bands 2007 eponymous album. The track was also issued as a single a year before.

"Seven Sisters Road" is also the title of a different song recorded by The Dan Reed Network.

Connections

London Buses routes 41; 73; 76; 123; 149; 230; 243; 259; 279; 318; 349; 476; W4 and night routes N41; N73; N76 and N279 serve the station.

(Bus map and Night bus map)

Gallery

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  Victoria line northbound platform 3 looking south

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  Victoria line terminating platform 4 looking south with a 1967 Stock train terminating here

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  Victoria line southbound platform 5 looking south

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  Station platform roundel

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seven Sisters station.

• Train times and station information for Seven Sisters station from National Rail
• Disused stations - closed Palace Gate branch platforms
• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to Seven Sisters Underground station in 1969
  • Station platform in 1974
• See How they Run - Plan showing layout of Seven Sisters station below ground (archived from the original on 23 September 2006)

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Finsbury Park towards Brixton		Victoria line		Tottenham Hale towards Walthamstow Central
	National Rail
Stamford Hill		Abellio Greater Anglia Lea Valley Lines		Bruce Grove or Terminus
Hackney Downs		Abellio Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line Semi-Fast (peck hours only)		Edmonton Green
Stratford		Abellio Greater Anglia Liverpool Street-Enfield Town via Stratford Limited Service		Bruce Grove
	Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Dalston Junction towards Hampton Court or Twickenham or Shepperton or Chessington South or Epsom		Crossrail Line 2		Turnpike Lane towards Alexandra Palace
	Disused railways
South Tottenham Line closed, station open		Great Eastern Railway Palace Gates Line		West Green Line and station closed
Stamford Hill Line and station open