Hackney Downs railway station

You can reach 51 stations directly from Hackney Downs on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Liverpool Street, with 402 trains a day.

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Address: Dalston Lane, London, E8 1LA

Direct trains from Hackney Downs

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Liverpool Street	402	375	303
Bethnal Green	321	301	269
Seven Sisters	182	151	132
Bruce Grove	174	151	132
Cambridge Heath	174	151	132
Edmonton Green	174	151	132
London Fields	174	151	132
Rectory Road	174	151	132
Stoke Newington	174	151	132
Silver Street	174	151	132
Stamford Hill	174	151	132
White Hart Lane	174	151	132
Chingford	150	150	137
Clapton	150	150	137
Highams Park	150	150	137
St James Street	150	150	137
Walthamstow Central	150	150	137
Wood Street	150	150	137
Cheshunt	149	150	99
Bush Hill Park	99	75	67
Enfield Town	99	75	67
Broxbourne	78	74	34
Hertford East	75	73	1
Rye House	75	73	1
Southbury	75	76	65
St Margarets	75	73	1
Theobalds Grove	75	76	65
Turkey Street	75	76	65
Ware	75	73	1
Brimsdown	70	74	2
Enfield Lock	70	74	2
Ponders End	70	74	2
Tottenham Hale	70	74	34
Waltham Cross	64	74	2
Bishop's Stortford	3	0	33
Harlow Mill	3	0	33
Harlow Town	3	0	33
Sawbridgeworth	3	0	33
Roydon	2	0	2
Audley End	1	0	31

and 11 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Hackney Downs is

3,015,486 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 179th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,880,306 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Hackney Downs and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 1,031,678 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Hackney Downs loses 15 including Cambridge, Cambridge North, Great Chesterford, Bishop's Stortford, Roydon, Harlow Town.

Nearest other stations

Hackney Central 0.2 miles
London Fields 0.5 miles
Dalston Junction 0.7 miles
Dalston Kingsland 0.7 miles
Homerton 0.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Hackney Downs, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 1.0 miles
Victoria Park · 1.4 miles
Shoreditch · 1.7 miles
Globe Road and Devonshire Street · 1.7 miles
Devonshire Street · 1.7 miles
Mile End · 1.7 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.