Rectory Road railway station

Rectory Road
The station entrance seen in September 2017
Rectory Road Location of Rectory Road in Greater London
Location	West Hackney
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Station code(s)	REC
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.871 million
2020–21	0.258 million
2021–22	0.616 million
2022–23	0.900 million
2023–24	1.273 million
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.559°N 0.068°W / 51.559; -0.068
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Rectory Road is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines in the West Hackney area of the London Borough of Hackney, east London.

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Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

It is 3 miles 64 chains (6.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is between Hackney Downs and Stoke Newington stations. Its three-letter station code is REC and it is in Travelcard zone 2.

Trains run south to Liverpool Street and north to either Cheshunt or Enfield Town.

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.

Services

All services at Rectory Road are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 4 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 2 tph to Cheshunt
• 2 tph to Enfield Town

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Hackney Downs towards Liverpool Street		Weaver line Lea Valley lines Cheshunt & Enfield branch		Stoke Newington towards Cheshunt or Enfield Town

External links

• Train times and station information for Rectory Road railway station from National Rail