Shoreditch High Street Station (SDC)

Address: Braithwaite Street, London, E1 6AE
Opened: 27 April 2010
Station Code: SDC
Fare Zone: 1

London Overground Line(s) Served:

East London Line

Service Pattern(s):

8 trains per hour to Highbury & Islington
8 trains per hour to Dalston Junction
4 trains per hour to Clapham Junction
4 trains per hour to Crystal Palace
4 trains per hour to West Croydon
4 trains per hour to New Cross

Interchange(s)

None

Station History

Although Shoreditch High Street station was opened on 27th April 2010 as part of the London Overground network, it is not the only station to have existed on the site.

On 1st July 1840, the Eastern Counties Railway opened Shoreditch Station on the site to act as the terminus of their line following its westward extension from Devonshire Street, near Mile End.

The station lasted in passenger use until the Great Eastern Railway, who had taken over the ECR extended the line to Liverpool Street. However, Bishopsgate as it was now known was retained as a goods station.

Goods traffic continued to serve the station until 5th December 1964 when a major fire destroyed the site leading to the upper-level structures being largely demolished.

Shoreditch High Street

Construction of Phase 1 of the London Overground’s East London Line extension began in 2005, that involved a new chord being built from the Existing East London Line via a raised section to connect with the formerly disused trackbeds of the North London Railway‘s Kingsland Viaduct.

As part of these works, a new station, Shoreditch High Street, was constructed on an elevated site across the former Bishopsgate goods yard, the remainder of which having been demolished and cleared to make way.

Following the completion of the construction and conversion works, the line and its stations were reopened on 23rd May 2010 with services between Dalston Junction and Crystal Palace, New Cross and West Croydon.

The second phase of the new line, providing services to Clapham Junction was opened on 9th December 2012.