Rectory Road railway station

Rectory Road London Overground

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 Increase 0.609 million[1]
2011–12 Increase 0.703 million[1]
2012–13 Increase 0.786 million[1]
2013–14 Increase 0.855 million[1]
2014–15 Decrease 0.842 million[1]
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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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. ↑ TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
  3. ↑ TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014

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