Hackney Downs train station
You can reach 36 stations directly from Hackney Downs on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Liverpool Street, with 398 trains a day.
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 | 398 | 450 | 297 |
| Bethnal Green | 321 | 376 | 160 |
| 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 |
| Bruce Grove | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Cambridge Heath | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Edmonton Green | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| London Fields | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Rectory Road | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Stoke Newington | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Silver Street | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Stamford Hill | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Seven Sisters | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| White Hart Lane | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Cheshunt | 145 | 150 | 88 |
| Bush Hill Park | 99 | 150 | 67 |
| Enfield Town | 99 | 150 | 67 |
| Southbury | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Theobalds Grove | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Turkey Street | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Harlow Mill | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Harlow Town | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Tottenham Hale | 74 | 74 | 28 |
| Audley End | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Cambridge North | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Cambridge South | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Elsenham | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Great Chesterford | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Newport | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Shelford | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Broxbourne | 74 | 74 | 26 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 0 | 0 | 26 |
and 3 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Hackney Downs
Hackney Downs is on the North London Line, the High Speed 1, the Lea Valley Lines and the West Anglia Main Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Hackney Downs station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hackney Downs station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Hackney Downs station 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.
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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Facilities at Hackney Downs station
Hackney Downs is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:30 to 10:00
WiFi
Cycle parking: 32 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to Hackney Downs station
Hackney Downs station is in Hackney, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 5.6 miles north-east.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Hackney Downs/ Dalston Lane.
Hackney Downs is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hackney Downs station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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