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| London Overground 378 232 departs bound for Barking |
The station was opened, in a slightly different position to the East, by the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway in 1894. The London Underground Victoria Line station was opened in 1968 [1]. The British Rail (as it was then) station was moved to it's current position in 1981 to aid interchange.
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| Type: | Transport for London
(London Overground & Victoria Line) |
| Station codes: | BHO ZBK (TfL) |
| Opened: | 1894 |
| Platforms: | 4 |
The station was taken over by Transport for London in 2007 with the creation of the London Overground. London Overground services through Blackhorse Road were electrified in 2019.
The station has two above ground platforms for the Overground and two underground platforms for the Victoria Line. Like all Victoria Line stations Blackhorse Road has a tile motif on the platforms representing the station and surrounding area, while some Victoria Line station motifs can be rather esoteric Blackhorse Road's is pretty straightforward as it depicts a black horse! [1] There is also a black horse sculpture outside the station.
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| London Overground 710 269 arrives at the station |
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| A Victoria Line 2009ts train arrives |
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| View down the London Overground platforms towards Gospel Oak |
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| Platform shelter |
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| Victoria Line tile motif |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 105
[2] Mike Horne, The Victoria Line (Capital Transport, 2004) p. 60
