Haggerston railway station

Haggerston
Station building a day after opening in April 2010
Haggerston Location of Haggerston in Greater London
Location	Haggerston
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Transport for London
Station code	HGG
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.510 (year of opening) million[1]
2011–12	1.173 million[1]
2012–13	1.547 million[1]
2013–14	1.912 million[1]
2014–15	2.366 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	North London Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
2 September 1867	Opened
6 May 1940	Closed. After closure, station building bomb damaged 7 October 1940.
27 April 2010	Rebuilt and Opened[2]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°32′19″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5386°N 0.0754°WCoordinates: 51°32′19″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5386°N 0.0754°W
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Haggerston is a station on the East London Line and connecting South London Line in Haggerston within the London Borough of Hackney, Greater London. The station is located on the Kingsland Viaduct at the junction of Arbutus Street and Frederick Terrace, near Kingsland Road. The main entrance is in Lee Street.^[3] The station was built as part of the East London Line extension served by National Rail London Overground under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London, however there is no standard red National Rail "double arrow" logo signage located at the station, instead only the Overground roundel.^[4] The next station north is Dalston Junction and the next station south is Hoxton. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Construction

Station platforms

The station was opened to the general public on 27 April 2010 with a limited service running between Dalston Junction and New Cross or New Cross Gate. On 23 May 2010 services were extended from New Cross Gate to West Croydon or Crystal Palace, whilst through trains to Clapham Junction began operating at the December 2012 timetable change.

The station was designed by Acanthus LW Architects.^[3] The design features towers that serve to strengthen the station's urban presence and recall the language of London's stations of the 1930s designed by Charles Holden. The building is clad externally in precast concrete with screens of cast glass planks. Internally, the building features orange mosaic tiling and a large mural to Edmond Halley, who was born in the area.

Original station

A station of the same name on the North London Line previously occupied a site immediately to the south of the modern station from 1865 to 1940. It was served by local services from Broad Street to Poplar on the City Extension of the North London Railway.

Services

Services are provided by London Overground. As of December 2012 the off-peak service is:^[5]

• 4 trains per hour (tph) to New Cross via Surrey Quays
• 4 tph to Clapham Junction via Surrey Quays
• 4 tph to Crystal Palace via Surrey Quays
• 4 tph to West Croydon via Surrey Quays
• 16 tph to Dalston Junction, of which 8 tph continue to Highbury & Islington

Connections

London Buses routes 67, 149, 242 and 243 serve the station.

Line

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. BBC London:The new East London Line opens to the public Accessed 27 April 2010
3. "Projects, Haggeston Station". Acanthus LW Architects. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
4. "London Overground Signs Standard – Issue 3" (PDF). Transport for London. 3 August 2009. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
5. "Timetable: Highbury & Islington to West Croydon/Clapham Junction" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links

• East London line