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Hackney Downs railway station

railway station in Hackney, London Borough of Hackney, England, UK
Place Railway Station Q2572236

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
railway station

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.548°, -0.060°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
London Borough of Hackney[2]
More facts +10
Adjacent station
Rectory Road railway station, Clapton railway station, Bethnal Green railway station, London Fields railway station, Rectory Road railway station[7][8][9][10]
Connecting line
Chingford branch line, Lea Valley Lines[5][6]
Connecting service
London Liverpool Street to Enfield Town, London Liverpool Street to Cheshunt, London Liverpool Street to Chingford[13][14][15]
Date of official opening
July 27, 1872[16]
Fare zone
London fare zone 2[17]
Historic county
Middlesex[19]
Located on linear feature
Bethnal Green and King's Lynn Line[11]
Number of platform tracks
+4[12]
State of use
in use[18]
Transport network
London Overground[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en HAC en Hackney Downs railway station en Hackney Downs Station de Hackney Downs fi Hackney Downsin rautatieasema it stazione di Hackney Downs nl station Hackney Downs uk Гакні-Даунс (станція) zh 哈克尼唐斯站
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hackney Downs stn entrance.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/05ksjv
GeoNames ID
6952710
NaPTAN stop area code
910GHAKNYNM
OpenStreetMap node ID
7147507684
RailScot location ID
H/Hackney_Downs
TIPLOC code
HAKNYNM
TOID
4000000073335860
UK railway station code
HAC
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Adjacent station 5
Bethnal Green railway station, Clapton railway station, London Fields railway station, Rectory Road railway station, Rectory Road railway station
← Adjacent station 5
Bethnal Green railway station, Clapton railway station, London Fields railway station, London Fields railway station, Rectory Road railway station
Connecting line 1
Lea Valley Lines
Country 1
United Kingdom
Historic county 1
Middlesex
Instance of 1
railway station
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
London Borough of Hackney
Transport network 1
London Overground
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Summary

Hackney Downs railway station is a railway station[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . Railway Codes and Other Data: A (Hopefully) Comprehensive Listing. railwaycodes.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Edward · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap node ID → 7147507684
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap node ID: 7147507684, batch #262248"
  2. 23w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → railway station
    State of use → in use
    Transport network → London Overground
    Adjacent station → Rectory Road railway station, Clapton railway station, Bethnal Green railway station +1
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #33789: NaPTAN stop area codes (910)"
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