Dalston Junction Railway Station
| Dalston Junction | |
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 North entrance of the station
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | originally a separation station, today an intermediate station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | DLJ |
| IBNR | 7004529 |
| opening | 1865 2010 reopening |
| Conveyance | 1986 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | London |
| London Borough | London Borough of Hackney |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 32 '43 " N , 0 ° 4' 29" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Dalston Junction train station is a railway station in the London Borough of Hackney in the East London Line located in Travelcard Zone 2nd It is owned by Transport for London and is only served by London Overground trains. With the neighboring Dalston Kingsland station on the North London Line , Dalston Junction forms a transfer point in the overground network. Before the station was reopened in 2010, it was in operation from 1865 to 1986.
history
old trainstation
The station was opened on November 1, 1865, when the North London Railway extended the extension of what is now the North London Line into the city to Broad Street terminus. Due to its location south of a triangular track, Dalston Junction comprised three central platforms with six through tracks. Four were used to operate the then North London Line (Broad Street - Richmond ) and led to the west of the station, two led to the east in the direction of Stratford , which at that time was still accessible from Dalston Junction without intermediate stops. Trains rolled from Broad Street via Dalston Junction either to Richmond or via a connecting line to the WCML / DC Line to Watford Junction westwards or via Stratford to Poplar eastwards. After the Second World War, the train connections to Poplar were discontinued. Due to increasing competition from the underground, the North London Line lost its importance. In 1976, the last trains to the east instead of Broad Street were led by the newly acquired Northern City Line to Moorgate , in 1985 the trains to Richmond were discontinued. The route between Canonbury and Broad Street including the Dalston Junction station was finally closed on June 27, 1986. Although the station was closed, the viaduct was not demolished and the area around the station retained the name Dalston Junction , as did the bus stops. As a replacement for the station, the timetable change in 1985 opened the Dalston Kingsland station near Dalston Kingsland station, as the train routes of the North London Line were newly tied to Stratford and on to North Woolwich .
New train station
In the 1980s, London Transport had the first plans to extend the East London Line , which had eked a shadowy existence on the underground network. To the north, the connection to Liverpool Street should first be restored before the first plans for an extension to Dalston using the disused Kingsland Viaduct were published in 1989. A first plan to convert from a subway line to a railway line was rejected by the government. In 1999 the idea was taken up again and the building permit was granted in 2011. First construction work began in 2005 on the Kingsland Viaduct. In 2006 it was announced that the East London Line would be part of the London Overground network, these routes were taken over by TfL after previously operated by Silverlink Metro. On April 27, 2010, the East London Line between Dalston Junction and New Cross or New Cross Gate was opened in the presence of Mayor Boris Johnson and Dalston Junction station experienced a renaissance as a double-track station. Dalston Junction remained the terminus for almost a year before the trains via Canonbury to Highbury & Islington were extended in March 2011 . In the course of this extension, the remaining two tracks on the west side of the old station were reactivated. The east side has not been reactivated, but there are plans for it. There is barrier-free access from the street to the trains in the station.
business
The overground trains from New Cross end in Dalston Junction, those from New Cross Gate, Crystal Palace and West Croydon run to Highbury & Islington. The total results in the following scheme:
- 8 trains an hour north to Highbury & Islington
- 4 trains south to New Cross
- 4 trains south to Crystal Palace
- 4 trains south to West Croydon
future
In 2012 the Inner South London Line will also be integrated into the Overground network. A link between Surrey Quays and Queens Road (Peckham) connects the ISLL to the East London Line, which would mean 4 additional trains per hour to Clapham Junction and thus 16 trains per hour between Dalston Junction and Surrey Quays. However, it is unclear whether these trains end in Dalston Junction or run to Highbury & Islington.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dft.gov.uk/foi/responses/2006/feb/closuredatesformerbrstations/listofclosuredatestopassenge2682
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8620188.stm
- ↑ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/highburyislington-timetable.pdf
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7886008.stm