Rectory Road train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Rectory Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bruce Grove, with 174 trains a day.
- 18 direct destinations
- 423rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Rectory Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Grove | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Edmonton Green | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| Hackney Downs | 174 | 226 | 132 |
| London Liverpool Street | 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 |
| Bethnal Green | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Cambridge Heath | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| London Fields | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Bush Hill Park | 99 | 150 | 67 |
| Enfield Town | 99 | 150 | 67 |
| Cheshunt | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Southbury | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Theobalds Grove | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Turkey Street | 75 | 76 | 65 |
Lines serving Rectory Road
Rectory Road is on the Lea Valley Lines. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Rectory Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Rectory Road 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 Rectory Road station is
1,325,536 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 423rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Rectory Road and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 459,456 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
- Stoke Newington 0.4 miles
- Clapton 0.5 miles
- Hackney Downs 0.8 miles
- Dalston Kingsland 0.8 miles
- Hackney Central 1.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Rectory Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 0.9 miles
- St Ann's Road · 1.5 miles
- Holloway and Caledonian Road · 2.0 miles
- Victoria Park · 2.0 miles
- West Green · 2.1 miles
- Stroud Green · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Rectory Road station
Rectory Road is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:30 to 10:00
WiFi
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to Rectory Road station
Rectory Road station is in Hackney, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 5.5 miles north-east.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rectory Road / Brooke Road.
Rectory Road is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Rectory Road 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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