Clapton railway station

Clapton
A London Overground Class 315 at Clapton in June 2019
Clapton Location of Clapton in Greater London
Location	Clapton
Local authority	London Borough of Hackney
Managed by	London Overground
Station code(s)	CPT
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.731 million
2020–21	0.571 million
2021–22	1.282 million
2022–23	1.690 million
2023–24	2.196 million
Railway companies
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1872	opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.5617°N 0.0571°W / 51.5617; -0.0571
London transport portal

Station entrance in 1984

Clapton is a railway station on the Chingford branch of the Lea Valley lines, located in Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney, in north-east London. It is 3 miles 78 chains (6.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Hackney Downs and St. James Street. The station has been operated by London Overground since 2015.

The station is in Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

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Legend
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

Services

The typical off-peak weekday service consists of:

• 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street;
• 4 tph to Chingford.

Before London Overground started operating the Chingford line, there was one train running between Liverpool Street and Hertford East that called here which provided the station with a link to Tottenham Hale and other stations such as Cheshunt, Broxbourne, and Ware.

Connections

London Buses routes 106, 253, 254 and 393 and night routes N253 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Clapton railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Hackney Downs towards Liverpool Street		Weaver line Lea Valley lines Chingford branch		St. James Street towards Chingford