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Location
  
Stoke Newington

Station code
  
SKW

Fare zone
  
2

Address
  
London, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
London Borough of Hackney

Managed by
  
London Overground

DfT category
  
E

2011–12
  
0.822 million

Number of platforms
  
2

Stoke Newington railway station

Similar
  
Stamford Hill railway station, Rectory Road railway st, Cambridge Heath railway st, Bruce Grove railway st, Silver Street railway st

Stoke Newington is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley Lines, serving the Stoke Newington area in the London Borough of Hackney, north London. It is 4 miles 16 chains (6.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rectory Road and Stamford Hill. Its three-letter station code is SKW and it is in Travelcard zone 2.

Contents

The station is on the Seven Sisters branch of the Lea Valley Lines, with services out of Liverpool Street running to either Cheshunt or Enfield Town in the north.

A smoked glass/steel-framed ticket office was built in the early 1980s to replace the original ticket hall on the same site. The platforms are located in a narrow cutting and are accessed by uncovered concrete staircases also installed at this time.

In 2015 the station transferred to London Overground operation and was added to the Tube map.

Services

Trains are operated by London Overground.

The typical off-peak weekday service pattern from Stoke Newington is:

  • 4 trains per hour (tph) to Liverpool Street;
  • 2 tph to Cheshunt;
  • 2 tph to Enfield Town.
  • Connections

    London Buses routes 67, 76, 106, 149, 243, 276, 393 and 476 and night routes N73 and N76 serve the station.

    References

    Stoke Newington railway station Wikipedia