Hoxton railway station

Hoxton
Hoxton Location of Hoxton in Central London
Location	Hoxton
Local authority	Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Transport for London
Station code	HOX
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	1 and 2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	0.464 (year of opening) million
2011–12	1.043 million
2012–13	1.387 million
2013–14	1.741 million
2014–15	2.044 million
Key dates
27 April 2010	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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Hoxton railway station is in the Haggerston district of the London Borough of Hackney. The station is located on the Kingsland Viaduct and is served by London Overground trains on the extended East London Line, under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London. The station is situated at the back of the Geffrye Museum and is on Geffrye Street near to Dunloe Street and Cremer Street. It is in Travelcard Zones 1 and 2.

The station was officially opened to the public on 27 April 2010, initially with week-day services 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.

History

Hoxton station was first identified as a new station in a London Underground proposal made in 1993 to extend the line from Whitechapel to Dalston Junction, involving the construction of new stations at Bishopsgate (Later opened as Shoreditch High Street), Hoxton and Haggerston, and received the support of a public inquiry in 1994. It was envisaged that the construction of the extension and the station itself would begin in 1996 and to be completed by 1998. The project was finally approved by the Government in 1996 but a lack of funding forced the project to be delayed in 1997.

The station is currently the only completely new station to be built along the route of the former Broad Street branch of the North London Line under the East London Line project, although it is located on the tracks leading to the former Shoreditch (Dunloe Street) Depot, which was closed in 1968.

Layout

Hoxton station is a standard two-platform station with platforms situated on the Kingsland Viaduct. The platforms can accommodate a train of up to four carriages. The Ticket office and entrance concourse is located under the viaduct and access to each platform is provided by a lift and stairs.

Services

All times below are correct as of the December 2010 timetables.

London Overground

East London Line

Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 5–10 minutes throughout the day, while on Sundays before 13:00 there is a service every 5–9 minutes, changing to every 7–8 minutes until the end of service after that. Current off peak frequency is:

• 8 Northbound to Highbury & Islington
• 8 Northbound to Dalston Junction
• 4 Southbound to West Croydon
• 4 Southbound to Crystal Palace
• 4 Southbound to Clapham Junction
• 4 Southbound to New Cross

From 2012, four trains per hour go to Clapham Junction via Peckham Rye on the new Clapham Junction Extension.

London Overground East London Line
Legend
Highbury & Islington    Canonbury Dalston Junction Kingsland Viaduct ▼ Haggerston Hoxton Kingsland Viaduct ▲ Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Connections

London Buses routes 26, 48, 55, 67, 149, 242, 243 and 394 and night routes N26 and N55 serve the station.

Line

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Haggerston towards Highbury & Islington or Dalston Junction		East London Line		Shoreditch High Street towards New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace or West Croydon

External links

• East London line