Seven Sisters is an

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in the Seven Sisters area of the

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. It is on the

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of the

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and the Weaver line on the Lea Valley lines of the

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. The station is walk away from South Tottenham station on the Suffragette line of the Overground, forming an official out-of-station interchange. The station is in Travelcard Zone 3 and has two entrances/exits: one on Tottenham High Road, and the other on Seven Sisters Road. It is the closest tube station to the

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. On the Victoria line, the station is between

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and

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stations. On the Weaver line, it is between

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and Bruce Grove stations.

History

The station was constructed by the

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(GER) on its Stoke Newington & Edmonton Railway line and opened on 22 July 1872. 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

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in 1963 for passengers and 1964 for freight, with the branch line track and platforms at Seven Sisters later removed. On 24 July 1967, planning permission was granted to convert the station for London Underground use. The first section of the Victoria line opened on 1 September 1968, serving Seven Sisters, 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

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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 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 distance between Seven Sisters and Finsbury Park stations on the Victoria line is making it the longest distance between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the

network. During the planning phase of the Victoria line, thought was given to converting

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into a Victoria line station and diverting the

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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

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. 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. Most Greater Anglia Services were withdrawn from this station during the May 2023 timetable change. However some late evening and early morning Greater Anglia services still call.

Services

Weaver line (London Overground)

Seven Sisters is located on the Weaver line of the

, with all services operated using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 4 tph to London Liverpool Street * 2 tph to * 2 tph to Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Victoria line (London Underground)

The typical off-peak

service on the

in trains per hour is: * 27 tph to * 27 tph to via Victoria Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Future

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

Connections

The station is served by a number of

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day and night time routes. Seven Sisters is the nearest station on the London Underground network to

and footfall is heavy on home match days.

References

External links

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Disused stations - closed Palace Gate branch platforms

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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See How they Run
- Plan showing layout of Seven Sisters station below ground (archived fro
the original
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