Shoreditch High Street is a stop on the London Overground in East London between
Hoxton and
Whitechapel.
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| A London Overground train at Shoreditch High Street |
| Information |
| Type: |
Transport for London (London Overground) |
| Station code: |
SDC |
| Opened: |
2010 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
Shoreditch used to served by
Shoreditch tube station [1] on the East London Line but this station closed in 2006 after years of light usage. The new Shoreditch High Street station was built to the West of the former tube station and is on the site of the former
Shoreditch station opened by the Eastern Counties Railway which opened in 1840 but closed to passengers as long ago as 1875 (it remained open for goods, by then named
Bishopgate, until 1964).
The station is part of the London Overground network and opened in 2010. It is built on a viaduct in an enclosed concrete box. There are trains at least every ten minutes at Shoreditch High Street in each direction during the day.
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| Railway bridge in Shoreditch, the station is on the right |
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| Former 1983 Tube Stock trains atop a building are another feature of Shoreditch! |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, East London Line (Middleton Press, 1996) Fig. 114
