Hoxton railway station

Hoxton
Hoxton Location of Hoxton in Central London
Location	Hoxton
Local authority	London Borough of 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[1]
2011–12	1.043 million[1]
2012–13	1.387 million[1]
2013–14	1.741 million[1]
2014–15	2.044 million[1]
Key dates
27 April 2010	Opened[2]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°31′54″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5318°N 0.0754°WCoordinates: 51°31′54″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5318°N 0.0754°W
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Hoxton is a station on the East London Line and connecting South London Line in Hoxton within the London Borough of Hackney, Greater London. Which is located on the Kingsland Viaduct served by National Rail London Overground services 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.^[3] The station is situated at the back of the Geffrye Museum and is on Geffrye Street near to Dunloe Street and Cremer Street.^[4]

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.^[5]

West facade and the southern end of Geffrye Street in July 2016

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,^[6][7] 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^[8] but a lack of funding forced the project to be delayed in 1997.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12] 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 Haggerston Kingsland Viaduct Hoxton 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

Buses

Five London Buses routes serve the station: 26, 48, 55, N26, N55.^[13]

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. "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.
4. "Station Information for Hoxton". National Rail. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
5. "London Overground - Dalston Junction to West Croydon". Projects and Schemes. Transport for London. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
6. "Moves to extend East London Line." Building, 14 May 1993
7. "East London Line - London Underground to seek consent." Estates Gazette, 4 December 1993
8. "Final approval given for powers to construct East London Line northern extension." Department of Transport, 16 January 1997
9. "Where Tube axe falls." The Times, 21 February 1997
10. Brown, Joe (2009). London Railway Atlas (2nd ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7110-3397-9.
11. "Hoxton Plan". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
12. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/highburyislington-timetable.pdf
13. https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G05737N/hoxton-station

External links

• East London line