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Seven Sisters
One of the London Underground subway entrances to Seven Sisters Station
Seven SistersLocation of Seven Sisters in Greater London
Location	Seven Sisters
Local authority	London Borough of Haringey
Managed by	London Underground London Overground
Station code(s)	SVS
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	5
Fare zone	3
OSI	South Tottenham
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	17.02 million
2020	10.31 million
2021	7.36 million
2022	16.72 million
2023	12.17 million
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	7.392 million
– interchange	9,194
2020–21	2.359 million
– interchange	5,130
2021–22	5.400 million
– interchange	9,293
2022–23	6.113 million
– interchange	2,009
2023–24	7.563 million
– interchange	32
Key dates
22 July 1872	Opened (GER)
1 January 1878	Opened (Palace Gates Line)
7 January 1963	Closed (Palace Gates Line)
1 September 1968	Opened (Victoria line)
Other information
External links	TfL station info page Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°34′56″N 0°04′31″W / 51.5822°N 0.0753°W / 51.5822; -0.0753
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Seven Sisters is an interchange station between the Victoria line of the London Underground and the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, North London. It is 350 metres (1,150 ft) 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 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Seven Sisters lies between Finsbury Park and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line and between Stamford Hill and Bruce Grove on the Weaver line.

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Station[REDACTED] National RailLiberty line Accessible stationThameslinkLioness line Interchange stationElizabeth lineMildmay line Accessible interchangeDocklands Light RailwaySuffragette line Internal interchangeLondon UndergroundWeaver line Out-of-station interchangeLondon TramsWindrush line (   )Nearby interchangeLondon River Services The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

History

The station was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway (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 British Rail 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 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 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 3.15 km (1.96 miles) making it the longest distance between adjacent stations in deep level tunnels on the London Underground network. 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.

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.

As part of the May 2023 timetable change, all Greater Anglia services were withdrawn from this station.

Services

Weaver line (London Overground)

Seven Sisters is located on the Weaver line of the London Overground, with all services operated using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 4 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 2 tph to Cheshunt
• 2 tph to Enfield Town

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Victoria line (London Underground)

The typical off-peak London Underground service on the Victoria line in trains per hour is:

• 27 tph to Walthamstow Central
• 27 tph to Brixton via Victoria

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	[REDACTED] London Overground			Following station
Stamford Hilltowards Liverpool Street		Weaver lineLea Valley lines		Bruce Grovetowards Cheshunt or Enfield Town
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Finsbury Parktowards Brixton		Victoria line		Tottenham Haletowards Walthamstow Central
Disused railways
South TottenhamLine closed, station open		Great Eastern RailwayPalace Gates Line		West GreenLine and station closed
Stamford HillLine and station open

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 London Buses day and night time routes.

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

References

1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
8. ^ Butt 1995, p. 208.
9. "Abandoned Stations".
10. "OLD/1967/0757". Online Planning Service. Haringey Council. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2013. Seven Sisters Railway Station, Land Junction Seven Sisters Road/Westerfield Road … Conversion of new station for victoria line.
11. WhatDoTheyKnow 15 September 2008
12. TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services Transport for London 28 May 2014
13. TfL count on LOROL for support Rail Professional 28 May 2014
14. The Guardian 26 February 2015
15. Table 21 National Rail timetable, June 2024
16. "Victoria Line Timetable". Transport for London. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
17. "Consultation on Crossrail 2 routes". BBC News. 14 May 2013 – via bbc.co.uk.
18. "Have Your Say Transport for London" (PDF).
19. "Seven Sisters". Transport for London. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

• Train times and station information for Seven Sisters station from National Rail
• Disused stations - closed Palace Gate branch platforms
• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to Seven Sisters Underground station in 1969
  • Station platform in 1974
• See How they Run - Plan showing layout of Seven Sisters station below ground (archived from the original on 23 September 2006)

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