Above ground, the station is on the Suffragette line of the London Overground, 7 miles 21 chains (11.7 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction).

[8] The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 It is in Travelcard Zone 3[9] and is the least-used station on the Victoria line, with 6.44 million passengers per year.

The station was opened by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway on 9 July 1894,[10] and was originally situated east of Blackhorse Road.

One is in the form of a tile motif depicting a black horse on a white cameo against a light blue background, identical to the Victoria line's colour.

It was designed by Hans Unger, who also did the tile motif at Seven Sisters tube station.

[17][18] The typical off-peak service for the Suffragette line of the London Overground in trains per hour (tph) is: From June 2016 until February 2017, services on the route were suspended whilst it was electrified; this project involved lowering track in several places, rebuilding bridges and lengthening platforms as well as installing overhead wires.