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Blackhorse Road
Class 172 Turbostar at the station in 2012
Blackhorse RoadLocation of Blackhorse Road in Greater London
Location	Walthamstow
Local authority	London Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	London Underground Network Rail
Station code(s)	BHO
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes (London Overground only)
Fare zone	3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	9.74 million
2020	6.16 million
2021	4.99 million
2022	8.51 million
2023	8.98 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.838 million
2020–21	0.972 million
2021–22	1.753 million
2022–23	1.932 million
2023–24	2.281 million
Key dates
9 July 1894	National Rail opened
1 September 1968	Victoria line started
14 December 1981	BR station resited
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°35′13″N 0°02′29″W / 51.586944°N 0.041389°W / 51.586944; -0.041389
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Blackhorse Road is an interchange station, located at the junction of Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane with Forest Road in Walthamstow, London for London Underground and London Overground services.

It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and is the penultimate station on the eastern end of that line. Above ground, the station is on the Suffragette line of the London Overground, 7 miles 21 chains (11.7 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction).

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It is in Travelcard Zone 3 and is the least-used station on the Victoria line, with 6.44 million passengers per year. It is the closest railway station to Walthamstow Wetlands.

Ticket barriers control access to all platforms. Passengers using Oyster cards are required to tap on a yellow Oyster card reader at ticket gates when entering and leaving the station and - to be charged a lower fare - suggested to also tap on a pink Oyster card reader if transferring between the two lines.

History

The station was opened by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway on 9 July 1894, and was originally situated east of Blackhorse Road. Its opening changed the local area from a gentrified London suburb to industrial, with several works and units opening around Ferry Lane to the northwest.

The Victoria line station opened on 1 September 1968, across the road from the mainline station. It was planned as a simple two-platform station, and was the only station on the line with any new structures above ground level. The surface line station was re-sited by British Rail on 14 December 1981, to provide better interchange with the Underground station.

The station today

Structure

The station contains two underground platforms for the Victoria line and two for the London Overground. Owing to budget restraints at the time of construction, the Underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was never completely finished to the standard of other lines. White ceiling panels were never fixed to the ceilings above the platforms; instead the steel tunnel segments were painted black and used to support the fixtures and fittings. This has had a detrimental effect on the lighting levels.

Artwork

There are two distinct works of art at the station, both depicting black horses, in reference to the station's name. One is in the form of a tile motif depicting a black horse on a white cameo against a light blue background, identical to the Victoria line's colour. It was designed by Hans Unger, who also did the tile motif at Seven Sisters tube station. The other is a mural of a black horse outside the station's entrance, by David McFall.

Services

During peak periods, trains run approximately every two minutes on the Victoria line (up to 33 trains per hour) in both directions.

The typical off-peak service for the Suffragette line of the London Overground in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 4 tph westbound to Gospel Oak
• 4 tph eastbound to Barking Riverside

From June 2016 until February 2017, services on the route were suspended whilst it was electrified; this project involved lowering track in several places, rebuilding bridges and lengthening platforms as well as installing overhead wires. A replacement bus service was in operation for the duration of the closure period.

Connections

London Bus routes 123, 158, 230, W11 and night route N73 serve the station.

References

1. Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
8. Padgett, David (October 2016) . Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 1B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
9. Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
10. ^ Butt 1995, p. 36.
11. OS London 1:1,056 - Sheet III.39 (Map). 1895. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
12. 'Walthamstow: Introduction and domestic buildings', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6, ed. W R Powell (London, 1973), pp. 240-250. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp240-250 .
13. Horne 1988, p. 24.
14. ""The Railway in a Bathroom": on the design of London's Victoria line at 50 | CityMetric". www.citymetric.com.
15. The Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.Connor and B.Halford ISBN 0 947699 17 1
16. Porter, Laura. "Blackhorse Road". GoLondon. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
17. "Victoria line timetable: From Blackhorse Road Underground Station to Walthamstow Central Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
18. "Victoria line timetable: From Blackhorse Road Underground Station to Tottenham Hale Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
19. ^ "Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside route" (PDF). 18 July 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
20. "Eight-month closure planned for GOBLIN electrification"Global Rail News article 2 February 2016; retrieved 7 June 2016
21. "Buses from Blackhorse Road" (PDF). 20 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

• Horne, M.A.C. (1988). The Victoria Line - A Short History. Douglas Rose. ISBN 978-1-870-35402-8.

External links

• Train times and station information for Blackhorse Road station from National Rail

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Tottenham Haletowards Brixton		Victoria line		Walthamstow CentralTerminus
Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
South Tottenhamtowards Gospel Oak		Suffragette lineGospel Oak to Barking line		Walthamstow Queen's Roadtowards Barking Riverside

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