Shoreditch High Street railway station
Shoreditch High Street 
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Station entrance
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 Shoreditch High Street
Location of Shoreditch High Street in Central London
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| Location | Shoreditch/Bethnal Green |
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets & Hackney |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Transport for London |
| Station code | SDC |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.618 million |
| 2012–13 |
 3.263 million |
| 2013–14 |
4.057 million |
| 2014–15 |
4.878 million |
| 2015–16 |
7.661 million |
| Key dates | |
| 27 April 2010 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°31′24″N 0°04′36″W / 51.5234°N 0.0768°WCoordinates: 51°31′24″N 0°04′36″W / 51.5234°N 0.0768°W |
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Shoreditch High Street is a station on the East London Line. Despite its name, the station lies just outside Shoreditch in the Bethnal Green area of Tower Hamlets.
The station is served by London Overground services under the control of the London Rail division of Transport for London and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station officially opened to the public on 27 April 2010 with services running between Dalston Junction and New Cross or New Cross Gate. On 23 May 2010 services were extended from New Cross Gate to West Croydon or Crystal Palace. The station replaced nearby London Underground Shoreditch, which was directly to the east of the station being closed on 9 June 2006. The next station to the south is Whitechapel and to the north is Hoxton.
On the 1994 planning version of the underground map, the station was called 'Bishopsgate'.
The station was built on the former site of the Eastern Counties Railway's Shoreditch station, built in 1840, The original station was later renamed Bishopsgate and converted for use as a goods yard. It was destroyed by fire in 1964 and remained derelict until being demolished in 2005. The present station is built on upright supports as a viaduct, being fully enclosed in a concrete box structure. This is so future building works on the remainder of the Bishopsgate site can be undertaken keeping the station operational. Future buildings have the option of being constructed over the station. The station is situated on a section of track constructed to link the original East London Line and the formerly disused North London Railway's Kingsland Viaduct. Construction of the link included a new bridge over Shoreditch High Street and links to Whitechapel via a bridge over Brick Lane and a ramp on the site of the former Shoreditch tube station.
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