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Hackney Wick railway station

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Hackney Wick London Overground
Hackney Wick is located in Greater London
Hackney Wick
Hackney Wick
Location of Hackney Wick in Greater London
LocationHackney Wick
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hackney
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station code(s)HKW
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2013–14Increase 1.517 million[2]
2014–15Increase 1.674 million[2]
2015–16Increase 2.104 million[2]
2016–17Increase 2.140 million[2]
2017–18Increase 2.186 million[2]
Key dates
1980Opened
2017Remodeled
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°32′36″N 0°01′28″W / 51.543417°N 0.024389°W / 51.543417; -0.024389
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Hackney Wick is a station on the North London Line in the area of Hackney Wick, East London. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground. It opened on 12 May 1980[3] by British Rail on the re-routed line which bypassed the site of the former Victoria Park station as part of the CrossTown Link line between North Woolwich and Camden Road stations. Between Spring 2017 and May 2018 the station was rebuilt and modernised, including replacement of the footbridge by a subway. The new subway, in addition to linking the two platforms will, later in 2018, provide a cycle and pedestrian link between Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

History

Entrance to Hackney Wick Station

As part of the programme to introduce four-car trains on the London Overground network, the North London Line between Gospel Oak and Template:LUL stations closed in February 2010; reopening 1 June 2010. This was to enable the installation of a new signalling system and the extension of 30 platforms. Engineering work continued to June 2011, during which reduced services operated and Sunday services were suspended.[4]

The typical service at the station is 4 trains per hour westbound to Template:LUL stations via Hackney, Highbury, Camden Road and Willesden, 2 trains per hour to Clapham Junction, and 6 trains per hour eastbound to Template:LUL stations.[5]

Until 9 December 2006, when the line from Stratford to North Woolwich was closed to be converted to a Docklands Light Railway line, the eastbound service ran to North Woolwich calling at West Ham, Custom House and Silvertown.

Hackney Wick station was a key transport point for the 2012 Summer Olympics as it is situated 100m from the western periphery of the Olympic Park. However, due to potential overcrowding, TfL announced that westbound trains would not stop at this station for the duration of the Games.[6]

Hackney Wick is one of four stations located around the park, along with Stratford station, Stratford International and Pudding Mill Lane DLR station.

Services

Hackney Wick currently has the following London Overground (North London Line) services, which is operated by Class 378 Capitalstar trainsets in off-peak.

Buses

London Buses route 276 serves the station with London Buses route 339 serving the station indirectly on White Post Lane.[7]

First 'Railway Murder'

On 29 December 1985, the station was the scene of one of the murders of the serial rapists John Duffy and David Mulcahy.

The station is near the scene of the first railway murder. The victim, Thomas Briggs of 5 Clapton Square, was returning from dining with his niece in Peckham in July 1864 and, aged 69, had the misfortune to meet his murderer on the train.[8]

Two clerks discovered a compartment sticky with blood at Hackney, but Franz Muller had slipped away unnoticed to return to his lodgings at 16 Park Terrace. The victim was discovered on the line between Bow and Hackney Wick and was brought initially into the Mitford Castle public house (later called the Top o' the Morning, and most recently Muller and Briggs) in Cadogan Terrace and subsequently taken home, where he died. A hat belonging to Muller was discovered in the compartment.[9]

In the next few days, a Cheapside jeweller came forward with Briggs's missing watch and chain, and a description of Muller. The theft was to pay for Muller's emigration to America, and he departed soon after on the Victoria, but the police went to New York by a faster boat and were awaiting his arrival in New York. He was returned to England, tried, convicted, and hanged at Newgate Prison.

References

  1. ^ "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ "London Overground to close from Gospel Oak to Stratford as part of £326m upgrade to deliver longer, more frequent trains". TfL. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  5. ^ London Overground timetable from 22 May
  6. ^ "Hackney Wick". Get Ahead of the Games. Transport for London. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  7. ^ https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G01129A/hackney-wick-station
  8. ^ "Francis Muller, the Murderer, from London". Harper's Weekly. Vol. VIII, no. 402. New York. 10 September 1864. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  9. ^ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (accessed 27 February 2013), Trial of FRANZ MULLER. (t18641024-920, 24 October 1864).
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