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Rectory Road railway station

London Overground station

Field	Value
name	Rectory Road
image_name	Rectory Road 20170916 123238 (32854355157).jpg
caption	The station entrance seen in September 2017
manager	London Overground
fare_zone	2
locale	West Hackney
borough	London Borough of Hackney
platforms	2
railcode	REC
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coordinates
dft_category	E

Rectory Road is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in the West Hackney area of the London Borough of Hackney, east London. It is 3 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is between and stations. Its three-letter station code is REC and it is in London fare zone 2.

History

The ticket office, street buildings, staircases and platform shelters were all built in the mid-1980s in works funded by the Greater London Council (along with other stations in the "Tube-less" borough of Hackney). These elaborate structures were very different from the low-maintenance changes further up the line at the same time, and feature the British Rail logo worked into the brickwork at street-level.

In May 2015 the station and all services that call there were transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia operation to London Overground. The station was also added to the Tube map.

Services

All services at Rectory Road are operated as part of the Weaver line of the London Overground using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

4 tph to London Liverpool Street
2 tph to
2 tph to

Additional services call at the station during the weekday peak hours, when the Enfield Town service is increased to 4tph.

References

[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/may/tfl-appoints-london-overground-operator-to-run-additional-services TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services] [[Transport for London]] 28 May 2014
[http://www.railpro.co.uk/news/?idArticles=2024 TfL count on LOROL for support] ''[[Rail Professional]]'' 28 May 2014
{{NRtimes. May 2025. 17

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