Seven Sisters station

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Seven Sisters
Location of Seven Sisters in Greater London
Location Seven Sisters
Local authority London Borough of Haringey
Managed by London Underground
London Overground
Station codeSVS
DfT category D
Number of platforms5
Fare zone 3
OSI South Tottenham Overground roundel (no text).svg [1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease2.svg 17.92 million [2]
2019Decrease2.svg 17.02 million [3]
2020Decrease2.svg 10.31 million [4]
2021Decrease2.svg 7.36 million [5]
2022Increase2.svg 16.72 million [6]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase2.svg 8.395 million [7]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 9,786 [7]
2019–20Decrease2.svg 7.392 million [7]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 9,194 [7]
2020–21Decrease2.svg 2.359 million [7]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 5,130 [7]
2021–22Increase2.svg 5.400 million [7]
– interchange Increase2.svg 9,293 [7]
2022–23Increase2.svg 6.113 million [7]
– interchange Decrease2.svg 2,009 [7]
Key dates
22 July 1872Opened (GER)
1 January 1878Opened (Palace Gates Line)
7 January 1963Closed (Palace Gates Line)
1 September 1968Opened (Victoria line)
Other information
External links
WGS84 51°34′56″N0°04′31″W / 51.582222°N 0.075278°W / 51.582222; -0.075278
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg  London transportportal

Seven Sisters is an interchange station located in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, North London for London Underground, London Overground and National Rail services.

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The station has two entrances/exits, one on Tottenham High Road and the other on Seven Sisters Road.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 3. Seven Sisters lies between Finsbury Park and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line and between Stamford Hill and Bruce Grove on the Lea Valley Cheshunt/Enfield Town Line from Liverpool Street, operated by London Overground. Greater Anglia also serves the station during peak times. It is a short distance from South Tottenham station on London Overground's Gospel Oak to Barking line.

History

The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872. [8] On 1 January 1878, the GER opened a branch line, the Palace Gates Line, from Seven Sisters station to Noel Park and later that year to Palace Gates (Wood Green) station.

The Palace Gates Line was closed by British Rail in 1963 for passengers and 1964 for freight, with the branch line track and platforms at Seven Sisters later removed. [9]

On 24 July 1967 planning permission was granted to convert the station for London Underground use. [10] The first section of the Victoria line opened on 1 September 1968 serving Seven Sisters, [8] although a shared entrance and interchange facilities with the surface station were not opened until December 1968. The original GER entrance to the station was situated in West Green Road at the north end of the surface station, but the new combined entrance was opened in Seven Sisters Road at the south end on the site of a former wood merchants yard, connecting to the west end of the Victoria line platforms. The original (1872) entrance was closed at that time. The National Rail platforms are not at street level. Platform 1 (towards London Liverpool Street) is accessed by twin staircases. Platform 2 (towards Enfield Town & Cheshunt) has a staircase and an "up" escalator.

A second entrance at the east end includes the main Victoria line ticket hall, and is accessed via subways on each side of High Road just north of the junction with Seven Sisters Road. There are three Victoria line platforms at Seven Sisters: with one platform (platform 4) reserved for services which terminate at the station to return to the depot or reverse back into central London, although a connection is available for trains to continue to Walthamstow Central.

The two London Overground and National Rail platforms at Seven Sisters Station Seven Sisters Station (5).jpg
The two London Overground and National Rail platforms at Seven Sisters Station

The distance between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park stations on the Victoria line is 3.15 km making it the longest distance between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the London Underground network. [11] During the planning phase of the Victoria line, thought was given to converting Manor House into a Victoria line station and diverting the Piccadilly line in new tunnels directly from Finsbury Park to Turnpike Lane via Harringay Green Lanes, but the idea was abandoned because of the inconvenience this would cause, as well as the cost.

On 31 May 2015, the station and most National Rail services that call here transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground. [12] [13]

During summer 2015, there was no Victoria line service between Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central to facilitate works outside of Walthamstow Central station which would boost capacity along the line. [14]

Service:

4tph to London Liverpool Street

2tph to Cheshunt

2tph to Enfield Town

Former services:

Greater Anglia used to regularly serve Seven Sisters in the peak hours with services from Liverpool Street to Hertford East. These were withdrawn in the May 2023 timetable change.

Future

In May 2013 it was announced that the station would be on the latest proposed route for Crossrail 2, [15] with a double-ended underground station built linking South Tottenham and Seven Sisters stations. [16]

Connections

London Buses routes 41, 76, 149, 243, 259, 279, 318, 349, 476 and night routes N41, N73 and N279 serve the station. [17]

Seven Sisters is the nearest station on the London Underground network to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and footfall is heavy on home match days.

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Preceding station Underground no-text.svg London Underground Following station
Finsbury Park
towards Brixton
Victoria line Tottenham Hale
Preceding station Overground notextroundel.svg National Rail logo.svg London Overground Following station
Stamford Hill Enfield & Cheshunt line Bruce Grove
Future development
Preceding station Crossrail seal only.svg Crossrail Following station
Dalston Crossrail 2
Turnpike Lane
towards New Southgate
Disused railways
South Tottenham
Line closed, station open
  Great Eastern Railway
Palace Gates Line
  West Green
Line and station closed
Stamford Hill
Line and station open