Hackney Central railway station

Hackney Central
Hackney Central Location of Hackney Central in Greater London
Location	Hackney
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	HKC
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Hackney Downs [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	1.906 million[3]
2008–09	1.564 million[3]
2009–10	1.344 million[3]
2010–11	1.945 million[3]
2011–12	3.360 million[3]
2012–13	4.481 million[3]
2013–14	5.311 million[3]
2014–15	5.708 million[3]
Key dates
1850	Opened as Hackney
1870	Relocated west
1944	Closed
1980	Reopened as Hackney Central
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°03′21″W / 51.547°N 0.0559°W / 51.547; -0.0559

Hackney Central railway station is a London Overground 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), in Travelcard Zone 2.^[4] The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground.

The station is connected to Hackney Downs with a direct passenger walkway linking the two stations (replacing an earlier such link) that was opened in July 2015. This walkway means passengers do not have to exit on to the street in order to continue their onward journey.^[5]

The former station building is now a bar and music venue.^[6]

History

The North London Railway opened a station named Hackney on 26 September 1850, to the east of Mare Street. It closed on 1 December 1870 and was replaced the same day by a station to the west of Mare Street, also named Hackney. This station passed in due course to the London and North Western Railway and later on to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, which closed the entire North London Line east of Dalston Junction to passenger traffic in 1944.^[7]

On 12 May 1980 the station was reopened, this time named Hackney Central, a little to the west of the 1870 station. The 1870 station building designed by Edwin Henry Horne is no longer in use by the railway, but is one of only two examples of North London Railway architecture still in situ, the other being Camden Road station, which is still open. Access to the modern Hackney Central station is from an alleyway adjacent to the 1870 building on Mare Street, as well as a more direct access from Amhurst Road.

Line Improvement

As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Stratford closed in February 2010, and reopened on 1 June 2010. This was to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of platforms across the network. Engineering work continued until May 2011, during which reduced services operated and Sunday services were suspended.^[8]

Services

London Overground Class 378 Capitalstar unit 378005 approaches Hackney Central. Units such as this operate all services at the station.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 4 tph westbound to Richmond via Highbury & Islington, Camden Road and Willesden Junction^[9]
• 2 tph westbound to Clapham Junction^[9]
• 6 tph eastbound to Stratford^[9]

The maintenance work on the North London Line was completed in May 2011 has enabled extra services to run all day which have replaced the additional shuttle trains running between Camden Road and Stratford stations in the morning and evening peaks.^[9]

Future Proposals

Crossrail 2

Hackney Central is a proposed stop on Crossrail 2. It would be between Angel and Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters.^[10] The platforms would be underground, with a connection to the existing surface station. It would connect the station and the borough to the Crossrail network, although the East London Line was supposed to bring the London Underground firstly to Hackney but now it is part of the London Overground network.

Docklands Light Railway

In February 2006 the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Horizon 2020 report, had suggested that the DLR be extended here from Bow Church via Old Ford and Homerton, taking over the old parts of the North London Line to link up Poplar and Canary Wharf.^[11] However, most of the former North London Line between Hackney Wick and Bow Church has been built on. .

Connections

London Bus routes 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277, 394 and W15 and night routes N38, N55 and N253 serve the station.^[12][13]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hackney Central railway station.

• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06

• Train times and station information for Hackney Central railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Dalston Kingsland towards Richmond		North London Line		Homerton towards Stratford