Dalston Junction railway station

This article is about the East London Line station. For the nearby North London Line station, see Dalston Kingsland railway station. For the station in Cumbria, see Dalston railway station.

Dalston Junction
North entrance on day of re-opening in April 2010
Dalston Junction Location of Dalston Junction in Greater London
Location	Dalston
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Transport for London
Station code	DLJ
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	2
OSI	Dalston Kingsland 5 mins walk away
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	1.332 (year of opening) million
2011–12	2.277 million
2012–13	2.760 million
2013–14	3.200 million
2014–15	3.712 million
Railway companies
Original company	North London Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
1 November 1865	Opened
30 June 1986	Closed
27 April 2010	Reopened (as temporary ELL terminus)
28 February 2011	Fully reopened with through service to Highbury and Islington
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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Dalston Junction railway station /ˈdɔːlstən/ is a commuter station in north-east London in the United Kingdom. It is located at the crossroads of Dalston Lane, Kingsland Road and Balls Pond Road in the Dalston area of the London Borough of Hackney. The station is on the East London Line which is part of the London Overground network, in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

Original station

The station was first opened on 1 November 1865 by the North London Railway on its "City Extension" from the North London Line to Broad Street in the City of London. It had three island platforms with four through lines joining the west side of the North London line, and two joining the east. The station had no overall roof.

The line to Broad Street and the station closed on 27 June 1986. However, the location at the corner of Kingsland High Street and Dalston Lane retained the name Dalston Junction on road and bus signs throughout the period that the station was closed.

Re-opened station

New platforms

Rebuilding the station for the London Overground network began with site clearance in early 2005. The station was opened by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, on 27 April 2010. A limited weekday "preview" service started that day with the first train leaving Dalston Junction at 12.05. The service was of eight trains per hour between Dalston Junction and Surrey Quays station from 07:00 to 20:00; four of the eight trains continued to New Cross Gate and four to New Cross.

The full service to West Croydon with branches to New Cross and Crystal Palace began on 23 May 2010, at hours similar to those of the London Underground. The service interval to each of the three southern terminals is approximately fifteen minutes for most of the day, though greater early mornings, late evenings, and parts of Sundays. The South London Line was open to the public on 9 December 2012 and officially launched the next day by the Mayor, with the station now serving as the northern terminus to New Cross and West Croydon trains. Clapham Junction (via Surrey Quays) and Crystal Palace trains now start from Highbury & Islington. In the first phase of the extension of the East London Line, Dalston Junction was the temporary northern terminus for all trains. From 28 February 2011 to 9 December 2012, trains from West Croydon and Crystal Palace continued beyond Dalston Junction, taking the relaid west curve north of the station to Highbury & Islington. As stated above, Dalston Junction still remains a terminal for New Cross trains, using the two bay platforms in the middle of the station. Transport for London and Hackney London Borough Council are currently developing the extensive station site with a bus interchange and high-rise towers above the new station. On 6 December 2012, The Co-operative Food opened a branch, located left of the station's main entrance.

The new station has two platform islands, the outer sides of each providing through services, the inner bay faces supporting terminating services. Although the route eastward at the north end of the station has been protected it would require substantial reconstruction first. The entire station is covered by a new building.

Track layout

London Overground East London Line
Legend
Highbury & Islington    Canonbury Dalston Junction Kingsland Viaduct ▼ Haggerston Hoxton Kingsland Viaduct ▲ Shoreditch High Street Whitechapel Shadwell Wapping Thames Tunnel under River Thames Rotherhithe Canada Water Surrey Quays Queens Road Peckham New Cross Peckham Rye New Cross Gate Denmark Hill Brockley Clapham High Street Honor Oak Park Wandsworth Road Forest Hill Clapham Junction Sydenham Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon

Track layout from south

The western of the two chords north of the station was reinstated on 28 February 2011 for East London Line services to Highbury & Islington. There are no plans to rebuild the eastern chord but its alignment has been safeguarded. The eastern chord was used by Broad Street services to Poplar. The City Extension to the south was mainly four-track but now has only two. The wide site at Dalston Junction has in the past had six platforms.

Future links

A new Dalston station has been proposed on the Crossrail 2 route between Surrey and North London and Hertfordshire should it be built.

Services

Services are provided by London Overground. As of 9 December 2012 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:

• 4 tph Southbound to West Croydon
• 4 tph Southbound to Crystal Palace
• 4 tph Southbound to New Cross
• 4 tph Southbound to Clapham Junction
• 8 tph Northbound to Highbury & Islington
• 8 tph terminate here from New Cross or West Croydon

Lines

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Canonbury towards Highbury & Islington		East London Line		Haggerston towards New Cross, Clapham Junction, Crystal Palace or West Croydon
Terminus
	Disused Railways
Mildmay Park		North London Railway Broad Street-Richmond		Broad Street
Hackney Central		North London Railway Broad Street-Poplar		Haggerston
Canonbury		British Rail Eastern Region North London Line (City Branch)		Broad Street

External links

• London Rail - Dalston Junction
• Google Local - satellite image of Dalston Junction