Rectory Road railway station

Rectory Road
Station entrance in 2008
Rectory Road Location of Rectory Road in Greater London
Location	Stoke Newington
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Station code	REC
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.609 million^[1]
2011–12	0.703 million^[1]
2012–13	0.786 million^[1]
2013–14	0.855 million^[1]
2014–15	0.842 million^[1]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°33′32″N 0°04′05″W / 51.559°N 0.068°W / 51.559; -0.068Coordinates: 51°33′32″N 0°04′05″W / 51.559°N 0.068°W / 51.559; -0.068
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Rectory Road is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley Lines, located in Stoke Newington in the north-west of the London Borough of Hackney, north London. It is 3 miles 64 chains (6.1 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Hackney Downs and Stoke Newington stations. Its three-letter station code is REC and it is in Travelcard zone 2.

Trains run south to Liverpool Street and north to either Cheshunt or Enfield Town.

The ticket office, street buildings, staircases and platform shelters were all built in the mid-1980s in works funded by the Greater London Council (along with other stations in the "Tube-less" borough of Hackney). These elaborate structures were very different from the low-maintenance changes further up the line at the same time, and feature the British Rail logo worked into the brickwork at street-level.

In 2015 the station and all services that call transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to London Overground. The station was also added to the Tube map.^[2]^[3]

Connections

London Buses routes 67, 76, 149, 243 and 276 serve the station.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
↑ TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014

External links

Media related to Rectory Road railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Rectory Road railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Hackney Downs		Lea Valley Lines Enfield Town/Cheshunt line		Stoke Newington

Lea Valley Lines and Hertford East Branch Line

Cheshunt via Stamford Hill and Southbury	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Southbury Turkey Street Theobalds Grove Cheshunt

Chingford	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Hackney Downs Clapton St James Street Walthamstow Central Wood Street Highams Park Chingford

Enfield Town via Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters	London Liverpool Street Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Bush Hill Park Enfield Town

Hertford East via Hackney Downs and Tottenham Hale	London Liverpool Street Hackney Downs Tottenham Hale Ponders End Brimsdown Enfield Lock Waltham Cross Cheshunt Broxbourne Rye House St Margarets Ware Hertford East

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Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

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Former BR sectors

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London Overground & TfL Rail

Enfield & Cheshunt Line	London Liverpool Street Stratford Bethnal Green Cambridge Heath London Fields Hackney Downs Rectory Road Stoke Newington Stamford Hill Seven Sisters Bruce Grove White Hart Lane Silver Street Edmonton Green Bush Hill Park Enfield Town Southbury Turkey Street Theobalds Grove Cheshunt