Blackhorse Road station
Blackhorse Road | |
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Location of Blackhorse Road in Greater London
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Location | Walthamstow |
Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | London Underground Network Rail |
Station code | BHO |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 3 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2011 | 6.47 million[1] |
2012 | 7.30 million[1] |
2013 | 7.90 million[1] |
2014 | 8.63 million[1] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2008–09 | 69,904[2] |
2009–10 | 0.184 million[2] |
2010–11 | 0.445 million[2] |
2011–12 | 0.669 million[2] |
2012–13 | 0.828 million[2] |
2013–14 | 0.814 million[2] |
2014–15 | 1.102 million[2] |
Key dates | |
1894 | National Rail opened |
1968 | Victoria line started |
1981 | BR station resited |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
External links | |
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Blackhorse Road station is a London Overground and London Underground station located at the junction of Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane with Forest Road in the Walthamstow neighbourhood of the London Borough of Waltham Forest, London, England. The station is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and is the penultimate station on the eastern end of that line. Above ground, the station is located approximately at the midpoint of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the London Overground.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 3[3] and is the least used station on the Victoria line with 6.44 million passengers per year.
Ticket barriers control access to all platforms. Passengers using Oyster cards are required to tap on an interchange Oyster card reader when transferring between the two lines.
Contents
History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The station was opened on 19 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway and was originally situated east of Blackhorse Lane. The station was resited on 14 December 1981[4] to provide better interchange with the tube station which had opened on 1 September 1968.
The station today
Structure
The station contains two underground platforms for the Victoria line and two for the London Overground. The underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was never completely finished.[citation needed] White ceiling panels were never fixed to the ceilings above the platforms; instead the steel tunnel segments were painted black and used to support the fixtures and fittings. This has had a detrimental effect on the lighting levels.
Artwork
There are two distinct works of art at the station, both depicting black horses, in reference to the station's name. 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 done by Hans Unger, who also did the tile motif at Seven Sisters tube station. The other is a mural of a black horse outside the station's entrance, by David McFall.[5]
Services
During peak periods, trains run approximately every two minutes on the Victoria line (up to 33 trains per hour) in both directions.[6][7]
The typical off-peak service for London Overground (Mondays-Fridays & Sundays) in trains per hour (tph) is:
The typical off-peak service for London Overground (Saturdays) in trains per hour (tph) is:
Connections
London Bus routes 123, 158, 230 and night route N73 serve the station.[9]
References
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- ↑ The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford ISBN 0 947699 17 1
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking timetable
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blackhorse Road station. |
- Train times and station information for Blackhorse Road station from National Rail
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towards Brixton
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Terminus
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Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
towards Gospel Oak
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Gospel Oak to Barking Line |
towards Barking
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