Hackney Downs railway station

Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs in December 2017
Hackney Downs
Location of Hackney Downs in Greater London
LocationHackney Central
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hackney
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station code(s)HAC
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms4
Fare zone2
OSIHackney Central
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20 3.658 million
– interchange  3.146 million
2020–21 1.628 million
– interchange  1.050 million
2021–22 2.387 million
– interchange  1.439 million
2022–23 2.750 million
– interchange  1.563 million
2023–24 3.058 million
– interchange  2.273 million
Key dates
27 May 1872Opened as Hackney Downs Junction
1896Renamed Hackney Downs
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°32′54″N 0°03′36″W / 51.5483°N 0.0601°W / 51.5483; -0.0601
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Hackney Downs is a London Overground and National Rail station in Hackney Central and serves the old common land of Hackney Downs in Lower Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney, it is on the Lea Valley lines and West Anglia Main Line. It is 2 miles 78 chains (4.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and has a direct passenger link to Hackney Central station, providing interchange with the North London line of the Overground network.

On the London Overground, Lea Valley Lines the station is between London Fields and either Clapton (on the Chingford branch) or Rectory Road (on the Cheshunt/Enfield Town branch). Main line trains, operated by Greater Anglia, call at Hackney Downs between Liverpool Street and Tottenham Hale. Its three-letter station code is HAC and it is in Travelcard zone 2.

The station was originally named Hackney Downs Junction until 1896.

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