St Ann's Road railway station was opened by the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway

Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway

thumb|right|Map dated 1914, showing the line as "Tottenhm & Hampstead Jnt"The Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway was a railway line in north London, formed by an Act of Parliament of 28 July 1862, and was effectively part of an attempt by the Great Eastern Railway to obtain a west end terminus,...

 on 2 October 1882. It was at the corner of St Ann's Road and Seven Sisters Road

Seven Sisters Road

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 in N15

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, in south west Tottenham

Tottenham

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, London.

It comprised two wooden platforms, accessed by a footbridge and stairs, and a brick building.

The service at the station was generally between St Pancras

St Pancras railway station

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 or Kentish Town

Kentish Town station

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 and Barking

Barking station

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 or Southend

Southend Central railway station

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, however at times trains ran to some other destinations including Cambridge

Cambridge railway station

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, Chingford

Chingford railway station

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 and Victoria.

It was never well used, mainly as it was near South Tottenham

South Tottenham railway station

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 and Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters station

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 stations, the latter gave a much faster link to The City

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. The station was closed on 9 August 1942 as a wartime austerity measure and never reopened. The station building survives, used by a newsagent which is a Transport for London

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 (TfL) ticketstop, so it is possible since the line become part of the London Overground

London Overground

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 run by TfL in 2007 to buy tickets in the station for passing trains which no longer stop there.