Blackhorse Road station is a London Overground and London Underground station on the junction of Blackhorse Road with Forest Road in the Walthamstow neighbourhood of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England. The station below ground is on the Victoria Line of the London Underground and it is the penultimate station on the eastern end of that line. Above ground, the station is located approximately at the midpoint of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line of London Overground. The earliest station at Blackhorse Road was opened on 19 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway and the station was resited in 1968 and expanded by the addition of the underground platforms. Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.
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