Hackney Wick railway station


Hackney Wick is a station on the North London Line in the area of Hackney Wick, East London. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It opened on 12 May 1980 by British Rail on the re-routed line which bypassed the site of the former Victoria Park station as part of the CrossTown Link line between and stations.
Between Spring 2017 and May 2018 the station was rebuilt and modernised, including replacement of the footbridge by a subway. The new subway, in addition to linking the two platforms will, later in 2018, provide a cycle and pedestrian link between Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

History

As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line between and closed in February 2010; reopening 1 June 2010. This was to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of 30 platforms. Engineering work continued to June 2011, during which reduced services operated and Sunday services were suspended.
The typical service at the station is 4 trains per hour westbound to via,, and, 2 trains per hour to Clapham Junction, and 6 trains per hour eastbound to.
Until 9 December 2006, when the line from Stratford to was closed to be converted to a Docklands Light Railway line, the eastbound service ran to North Woolwich calling at Stratford,,, and.
Hackney Wick station was a key transport point for the 2012 Summer Olympics as it is situated from the western periphery of the Olympic Park. However, due to potential overcrowding, TfL announced that westbound trains would not stop at this station for the duration of the Games.
Hackney Wick is one of four stations located around the park, along with Stratford station, Stratford International and Pudding Mill Lane DLR station.

Services

Hackney Wick currently has the following London Overground services, which is operated by Class 378 Capitalstar trainsets in off-peak.
serves the station with London Buses route 339 serving the station indirectly on White Post Lane.