Hackney Downs railway station

Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs in 2010
Hackney Downs Location of Hackney Downs in Greater London
Location	Hackney Central
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	HAC
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	2
OSI	Hackney Central [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	3.901 million[2]
– interchange	2.405 million[2]
2017–18	3.970 million[2]
– interchange	2.816 million[2]
2018–19	4.478 million[2]
– interchange	3.109 million[2]
2019–20	3.658 million[2]
– interchange	3.146 million[2]
2020–21	1.628 million[2]
– interchange	1.050 million[2]
Key dates
27 May 1872	Opened as Hackney Downs Junction
1896	Renamed Hackney Downs
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°32′54″N 0°03′36″W / 51.5483°N 0.0601°W / 51.5483; -0.0601Coordinates: 51°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.^[3][4]

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