It is 7 miles 75 chains (12.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between White Hart Lane and Edmonton Green stations.

The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 Silver Street station is located on a long straight section of elevated track, on the Lea Valley lines from Liverpool Street to Cheshunt and Enfield Town.

The station takes its name from the street so-called which is recorded thus c. 1630 and which possibly alludes to silversmiths living in the area at that time or before.

The Fore Street tunnel section of the North Circular Road was built beneath the station during the 1990s without any disruption to service.

In 2015 the station and all services that call transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to become part of the London Overground network.