Hoxton railway station is in the Hoxton

Hoxton

Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. The area of Hoxton is bordered by Regent's Canal on the north side, Wharf Road and City Road on the west, Old Street on the south, and Kingsland Road on the east.Hoxton is also a...

 district of the London Borough of Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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. The station is located on the Kingsland Viaduct

Kingsland Viaduct

Kingsland Viaduct is a railway viaduct about 2 miles in length, almost wholly within the present London Borough of Hackney in the north-east part of Inner London. It was built in the 1860s but closed in the 1980s until it was reopened to carry the London Overground in 2010...

 and is served by London Overground

London Overground

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 trains on the extended East London Line

East London Line

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, under the control of the London Rail

London Rail

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 division of Transport for London

Transport for London

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. The station is situated at the back of the Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum

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 and is on Geffrye Street near to Dunloe Street and Cremer Street. It is in Travelcard

Travelcard

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 Zones 1 and 2.

The station was officially opened to the public on 27 April 2010, initially with week-day services running between and or . On 23 May 2010 services were extended from New Cross Gate to West Croydon

West Croydon station

West Croydon station is a transport interchange for National Rail and Tramlink services, as well as London Buses. It is in the London Borough of Croydon and Travelcard Zone 5...

 or .

History

Hoxton station was first identified as a new station in a London Underground

London Underground

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 proposal made in 1993 to extend the line from to Dalston Junction, involving the construction of new stations at (Later opened as ), Hoxton and , 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

North London Line

The North London Line is a railway line which passes through the inner suburbs of north London, England. Its route is a rough semicircle from the south west to the north east, avoiding central London. The line is owned and maintained by Network Rail...

 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.

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
  Highbury & Islington station
  Highbury & Islington station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the London Borough of Islington in north London. It is served by the Victoria line, London Overground's East and North London Lines and First Capital Connect's Northern City Line....
  
  
• 4 Northbound to
• 4 Southbound to West Croydon
  West Croydon station
  West Croydon station is a transport interchange for National Rail and Tramlink services, as well as London Buses. It is in the London Borough of Croydon and Travelcard Zone 5...
  
  
• 4 Southbound to
• 4 Southbound to

From 2012, 4 additional trains per hour will go to via on the new Clapham Junction Extension, due to open in May that year.

Line

External links

• East London line