Hackney Central railway station

This walkway means passengers do not have to exit on to the street in order to continue their onward journey and has eased congestion.

[5] The North London Railway opened a station named Hackney on 26 September 1850, to the east of Mare Street, then in the county of Middlesex.

It closed on 1 December 1870 and was replaced the same day by a station to the west of Mare Street, designed by Edwin Henry Horne and also named Hackney.

Located just west of the GER Hackney Downs railway viaduct the depot consisted of seven sidings dealing with coal and general goods.

[7] The site was finally used to link the North London and Great Eastern lines when in anticipation of the closure of Broad Street railway station in 1985 the "Graham Road Curve" was opened to traffic.

The original Edwin Henry Horne building
London Overground Class 378 Capitalstar unit 378005 approaches Hackney Central. Units such as this operate most services at the station. Others are operated by Class 710 " Aventra " units.