Hackney Central
378213, with a London Overground service to Stratford, departing from Hackney Central station on 11th December 2010. This line and the original station here, known simply as Hackney, opened as part of the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway in 1850 but the line's title was too much for 'the man in the street' and in 1853 it became the North London Railway, even though this section is in east London. Passenger services between Dalston Junction and Poplar ceased after heavy war damage in 1944 and the stations closed but in 1979 the section of line through Hackney was reopened, with services running to Stratford via the GER link from the former junction at Victoria Park. Hackney Central station opened in 1980 and is more or less on the site of the former Hackney station of which substantial remains of the entrance building are still in evidence. The line was incorporated into the London Overground network in 2007.
Location: Hackney Central
Original line: East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Overground Class 378 units 2010-2023
Date: 11/12/2010
Image number: 68602
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