The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) as Hoe Street in 1870 when a line was opened from Lea Bridge to a temporary station called Shern Hall Street which was east of the Hoe Street station.

[13] On 31 May 2015, the station's Abellio Greater Anglia services were transferred to London Overground Rail Operations.

A subway was built in 2005 under Selborne Road linking a new bus station with a new Victoria line ticket office.

The new subway and ticket office was scheduled for spring 2005 but problems with insufficient power capacity to supply two new lifts, planning and contractual errors, delayed the opening until 19 November 2007.

A footpath link, called Ray Dudley Way, providing a shortcut to nearby Walthamstow Queen's Road, opened in August 2014.

[19] Plans for a new entrance with step-free access to the Victoria line platforms were approved by Waltham Forest council in January 2021 to be part-funded by a redevelopment of the shopping mall.