The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872.

There are three Victoria line platforms at Seven Sisters: with one platform reserved for services which terminate at the station to return to the depot or reverse back into central London, although a connection is available for trains to continue to Walthamstow Central.

The distance between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park stations on the Victoria line is 3.15 km (1.96 miles) making it the longest distance between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the London Underground network.

On 31 May 2015, the station and most National Rail services that call here transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground.

Seven Sisters is located on the Weaver line of the London Overground, with all services operated using Class 710 EMUs.

[18] The station is served by a number of London Buses day and night time routes.

[19] Seven Sisters is the nearest station on the London Underground network to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and footfall is heavy on home match days.