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Blackhorse Road is a joint London Overground and London Underground station, located at the junction of Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane with Forest Road in Walthamstow, London, England. It 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 on the Gospel Oak to Barking line of the London Overground, 7 miles 21 chains (11.7 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction).[8]

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Blackhorse Road
Class 172 Turbostar at the station in 2012
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
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes (London Overground only)[1]
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2017	9.00 million[2]
2018	9.01 million[3]
2019	9.74 million[4]
2020	6.16 million[5]
2021	4.99 million[6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2016–17	0.774 million[7]
2017–18	1.428 million[7]
2018–19	2.014 million[7]
2019–20	1.838 million[7]
2020–21	0.972 million[7]
Key dates
9 July 1894	National Rail opened
1 September 1968	Victoria line started
14 December 1981	BR station resited
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.586944°N 0.041389°W / 51.586944; -0.041389
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It is in Travelcard Zone 3[9] and is the least-used station on the Victoria line, with 6.44 million passengers per year. It is the closest railway station to Walthamstow Wetlands.

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.

History

The station was opened by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway on 9 July 1894,[10] and was originally situated east of Blackhorse Road.[11] Its opening changed the local area from a gentrified London suburb to industrial, with several works and units opening around Ferry Lane to the northwest.[12]

The Victoria line station opened on 1 September 1968, across the road from the mainline station.[10][13] It was planned as a simple two-platform station, and was the only station on the line with any new structures above ground level.[14] The surface line station was re-sited by British Rail on 14 December 1981, to provide better interchange with the Underground station.[15]

The station today

Structure

The station contains two underground platforms for the Victoria line and two for the London Overground. Owing to budget restraints at the time of construction, the Underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was never completely finished to the standard of other lines.^{[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 designed 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.[16]

Services

During peak periods, trains run approximately every two minutes on the Victoria line (up to 33 trains per hour) in both directions.[17][18]

The typical off-peak service for London Overground in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 4 tph westbound to Gospel Oak[19]
• 4 tph eastbound to Barking Riverside[19]

From June 2016 until February 2017, services on the route were suspended whilst it was electrified; this project involved lowering track in several places, rebuilding bridges and lengthening platforms as well as installing overhead wires.[20] A replacement bus service was in operation for the duration of the closure period.

Connections

London Bus routes 123, 158, 230, W11 and night route N73 serve the station.[21]

References

Sources

External links

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

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 Riverside

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[de] Bahnhof Blackhorse Road

Blackhorse Road ist ein Bahnhof in Walthamstow, Stadtbezirk London Borough of Waltham Forest. Die Nahverkehrsdrehscheibe, die auch eine Station der London Underground umfasst, wird von Zügen der Victoria Line und der Eisenbahngesellschaft London Overground bedient. Sie liegt in der Travelcard-Tarifzone 3 an der Kreuzung von Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane und Forest Road/Ferry Lane. Im Jahr 2013 nutzten 7,90 Millionen Fahrgäste der U-Bahn den Bahnhof, hinzu kommen 0,828 Millionen Fahrgäste der Eisenbahn.[1][2] Die Eisenbahn verkehrt oberirdisch, die U-Bahn unterirdisch.

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- [en] Blackhorse Road station

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