<b>Hackney 1st railway station (site), Greater London</b><br>Opened in 1850 by the East &amp; West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, later the North London Railway, on the line from Camden Town to Bow, this station closed in 1870 when it was replaced by another station immediately behind the camera position (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hackney_2nd_railway_station_(site),_Greater_London_(geograph_5275925).jpg" title="File:Hackney 2nd railway station (site), Greater London (geograph 5275925).jpg">TQ3484 : Hackney 2nd railway station (site), Greater London</a>).
View south east from Mare Street. The main building was in front of the first two arches with the platforms sticking out at the upper level. No trace now remains.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/84225">Nigel Thompson</a>
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