Seven Sisters station

Seven Sisters
Entrance on Seven Sisters Road to London Overground and London Underground
Location	Seven Sisters
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	London Underground London Overground
Station code(s)	SVS
Number of platforms	5
Fare zone	3
OSI	South Tottenham
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	17.02 million
2020	10.31 million
2021	7.36 million
2022	16.72 million
2023	12.17 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	2.216 million
2009–10	2.128 million
2010–11	2.617 million
2011–12	3.049 million
2012–13	3.426 million
2013–14	3.744 million
Key dates
22 July 1872	Opened (GER)
1 January 1878	Opened (Palace Gates Line)
7 January 1963	Closed (Palace Gates Line)
1 September 1968	Opened (Victoria Line)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
London transport portal

Seven Sisters station is a National Rail and London Underground Victoria line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. Seven Sisters lies between Finsbury Park and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line and between Stamford Hill and Bruce Grove on the Lea Valley Line operated London Overground from Liverpool Street. Abellio Greater Anglia also serve at peak times. It is a short distance from South Tottenham station on London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking line.

History

The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872. On 1 January 1878, the GER opened a branch line, the Palace Gates Line, from Seven Sisters station to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station to the north-west.

Due to unprofitability, the Palace Gates Line was closed by British Rail in 1963 and the branch line track and platforms at Seven Sisters have been removed.

On 24 July 1967 planning permission was granted to convert the station for London Underground use. The first section of the Victoria line opened on 1 September 1968 serving Seven Sisters, although a shared entrance and interchange facilities with the surface station were not opened until December 1968. The original GER entrance to the station was situated in West Green Road at the north end of the surface station, but the new combined entrance was opened in Seven Sisters Road at the south end on the site of a former wood merchants yard, connecting to the west end of the Victoria line platforms. The original (1872) entrance was closed at that time. The National Rail platforms are not at street level. Platform 1 (towards London Liverpool Street) is accessed by twin staircases. Platform 2 (towards Enfield Town & Cheshunt) has a staircase and an "up" escalator.

A second entrance at the east end includes the main Victoria line ticket hall, and is accessed via subways on each side of High Road just north of the junction with Seven Sisters Road. There are three Victoria line platforms at Seven Sisters: with one platform (platform 4) reserved for services which terminate at the station to return to the depot or reverse back into central London, although a connection is available for trains to continue to Walthamstow Central.

The section of Victoria line between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park stations is the longest between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the London Underground network. During the planning phase of the Victoria line, thought was given to converting Manor House into a Victoria line station and diverting the Piccadilly line in new tunnels directly from Finsbury Park to Turnpike Lane via Harringay Green Lanes, but the inconvenience this would cause, as well as the cost, ensured that this idea was abandoned.

On 31 May 2015 the Liverpool Street-Enfield Town/Cheshunt services, will transfer from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground Rail Operations. This change to London Overground will mean that Freedom Pass holders will be able to use their passes at any time at this station, thus avoiding the need to additionally carry an Oyster card when making journeys prior to 9:30 a.m.

Future

In May 2013 it was announced that the station would be on the latest proposed route for Crossrail 2.

Cultural references

Seven Sisters station is referenced in the song "Seven Sisters Road" by UK rock band Alien Stash Tin, and included on the bands 2007 eponymous album. The track was also issued as a single a year before.

"Seven Sisters Road" is also the title of a different song recorded by The Dan Reed Network.

Connections

London Buses routes 41; 73; 76; 123; 149; 230; 243; 259; 279; 318; 349; 476; W4 and night routes N41; N73; N76 and N279 serve the station.

(Bus map and Night bus map)

Gallery

• 
  Victoria line northbound platform 3 looking south
• 
  Victoria line terminating platform 4 looking south with a 1967 Stock train terminating here
• 
  Victoria line southbound platform 5 looking south
• 
  Station platform roundel

External links

• Train times and station information for Seven Sisters station from National Rail
• Disused stations - closed Palace Gate branch platforms
• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to Seven Sisters Underground station in 1969
  • Station platform in 1974
• See How they Run - Plan showing layout of Seven Sisters station below ground (archived from the original on 23 September 2006)