Blackhorse Road station

Blackhorse Road
	Blackhorse Road ; Location of Blackhorse Road in Greater London
Location	Walthamstow
Local authority	London Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground; Network Rail
Station code	BHO
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	6.090 million
2009	5.679 million
2010	6.100 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2007–08	86,550
2008–09	69,904
2009–10	184,472
1894	National Rail opened
1968	Victoria Line started
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
	London Transport portal
	UK Railways portal

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Coordinates: 51°35′13″N 0°02′29″W / 51.586944°N 0.041389°W / 51.586944; -0.041389

Blackhorse Road station is a London Overground and London Underground station on the junction of Blackhorse Road with Forest Road in the Walthamstow neighbourhood of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England. The station below ground is on the Victoria Line of the London Underground and it 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 London Overground. The earliest station at Blackhorse Road was opened on 19 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway and the station was resited in 1968 and expanded by the addition of the underground platforms. Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.

[edit] History

The original Blackhorse Road Station in 1961

The station originally opened on 19 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway, and was situated east of Blackhorse Lane. The present tube station opened on 1 September 1968.

[edit] Services

The station is on the Victoria Line and the London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Line, in Travelcard Zone 3 and is the least used station on the Victoria line with 6.179 million passengers per year. The station site is served by London bus route 123, 158, 230 and N73.

A London Overground Class 172 Turbostar DMU arriving at Blackhorse Road towards Gospel Oak

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Blackhorse Road station from National Rail

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Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
Tottenham Hale towards Brixton	Victoria line	Walthamstow Central Terminus
Preceding station	London Overground	Following station
South Tottenham towards Gospel Oak	Gospel Oak to Barking Line	Walthamstow Queen's Road towards Barking