Dalston Kingsland railway station
Dalston Kingsland | |
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Location | Dalston |
Local authority | Hackney |
Grid reference | TQ335850 |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code(s) | DLK |
DfT category | D |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 2 |
OSI | Dalston Junction3 or 4 mins walk away[1] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 5.978 million[2] |
2019–20 | 5.677 million[2] |
2020–21 | 2.130 million[2] |
2021–22 | 4.090 million[2] |
2022–23 | 4.564 million[2] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | North London Railway |
Key dates | |
9 November 1850 | Opened asKingsland |
1 November 1865 | Closed |
16 May 1983 | Reopened asDalston Kingsland |
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Coordinates | 51°32′54″N0°04′35″W/ 51.5482°N 0.0763°W |
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Dalston Kingsland railway stationis arailway stationon theNorth London LineinLondon,England. It is in theDalstonarea of theLondon Borough of Hackney,on the western side ofKingsland High Streetand oppositeRidley Road Market.The station and all trains serving it are operated byLondon Overground.It is inTravelcard Zone 2.Kingsland railway stationwas first opened on the site in 1850, but was replaced by Dalston Junction in 1865. The current station was opened byBritish Railin 1983.Ticket barriersare in operation. The station straddles the boundary with theLondon Borough of Islington,with part of the platforms falling withinIslington.
History
[edit]A station was first opened on the site on 9 November 1850 by theNorth London Railway.It closed on 1 November 1865 when an extension was built toBroad Streetin theCity of Londonand a triangular junction was installed which joined the existing tracks to the east and west of the station. A newDalston Junctionstation was opened at the southern tip of the junction and it replaced Kingsland station. The station was rebuilt and reopened on 16 May 1983 as part of theCrosstown Linklineservice. The station replaced Dalston Junction when it closed in 1986, along with the rest of the line to Broad Street.[3][4]
Present day
[edit]Dalston Junction reopened on 27 April 2010 on the London OvergroundEast London Lineextension, with interchange permitted between it and Dalston Kingsland.[5]The western curve of the junction was relaid for the East London Line going toHighbury & Islington station;the site of the eastern curve is covered by the car park of Kingsland shopping centre.
As part of TfL's Overground improvement programme, plans have been approved to redevelop the station.[6][7]Aside from increasing the number of entry and exit gates, the changes are largely cosmetic and do not make any provision for step-free access.
Plans have been approved to redevelop the "Peacocks" building immediately adjacent to the station into a 15-storey tower block.[8]
Services
[edit]As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line betweenGospel OakandStratfordclosed in February 2010, reopening on 1 June 2010. The closure was to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of 30 platforms. Engineering work continued until May 2011, during which reduced services operated and Sunday services were suspended.[9]
Typical off-peak frequency at the station is four trains per hour westbound toRichmondviaHighbury & Islington,Camden RoadandWillesden Junction;two trains per hour westbound toClapham Junction;and six trains per hour eastbound toStratford.However, service intervals vary from about seven minutes during peak times to 30 minutes on Sundays.[10]
At Dalston Kingsland station the NLL was powered by both25 kV overhead ACand 750 Vthird-railDCsystems and was the change-over point between current collection by pantographs and by shoes for passenger trains that are dual-systemClass 378electric multiple units (EMUs). For reliability, time-saving, and as part of the NLL upgrade, the third rail has now been removed and overhead cables power the North London Line between Stratford and Acton Central.
In August 2002 a potentially serious railway accident was avoided near Dalston Kingsland when a passenger train was inadvertently diverted on to the goods line during emergency signalling. When the passenger train was reversing to its correct path a following goods train almost ran into it.[11]
Connections
[edit]London Busesroutes67,76,149,243and488serve the station.
References
[edit]- ^"Out-of-Station Interchanges"(Microsoft Excel).Transport for London.2 January 2016.Retrieved28 August2016.
- ^abcde"Estimates of station usage".Rail statistics.Office of Rail Regulation.Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^Salmon, S., Smith, P. (2019). Directory of British Railways: New and Reopened Stations 1948–2018. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Books.
- ^Asher, Wayne (2014).A very political railway: the fight for the North London line.Middlesex: Capital Transport Publishing.ISBN978-1-85414-378-5.OCLC909302141.
- ^BBC.co.uk: 2010 Tube Map
- ^Loving Dalston: Is the Dalston Kingsland station plan on the right lines?
- ^"Hackney council: Details for planning application 2014/2222".Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved15 July2019.
- ^"Hackney Gazette: Plans for controversial 15 storey tower in Dalston approved".Archived fromthe originalon 16 September 2016.Retrieved6 August2014.
- ^"London Overground to close from Gospel Oak to Stratford as part of £326m upgrade to deliver longer, more frequent trains".TfL. 15 February 2010.Retrieved22 May2011.
- ^London Overground timetable from 22 May 2011.Archived26 June 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^London Rail Disasters and Other Unfortunate Events.Retrieved 30 December 2007
External links
[edit]- Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06Archived22 January 2013 at theWayback Machine
- Train timesandstation informationfor Dalston Kingsland railway station fromNational Rail
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
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Canonbury towardsRichmondorClapham Junction
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North London line | Hackney Central towardsStratford
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Eastern Region of British Railways |
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 2
- DfT Category D stations
- Railway stations in the London Borough of Hackney
- Former North London Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1865
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1983
- Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
- Railway stations served by London Overground
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