Rectory Road railway station

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 Template:Convert down the line from London Liverpool Street and is between Template:Rws and Template:Rws stations. Its three-letter station code is REC and it is in London fare zone 2. Template:Overground RDT

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.<ref>TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014</ref><ref>TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014</ref>

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>

• 4 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk
• 2 tph to Template:Stnlnk

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