Shoreditch was a railway station on the North London Railway (NLR) in Shoreditch, London, that was in use from 1865 to 1940. It was situated on a viaduct between Haggerston and Broad Street stations. It should not be confused with Shoreditch Underground station (1869–2006) on the London Underground, situated about half a mile further south. It was also not the first main line railway station to possess the Shoreditch name; Bishopsgate (1840–1875) was originally given that name. Pre grouping history (1865-1922) When the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway (known as the North London Railway (NLR) from 1853) started operating on 26 September 1850, they shared a London terminus at Fenchurch Street railway station with the London and Blackwall Railway which involved a circuitous route from north London via Hackney, Bow and East Stepney for city bound passengers. An act of parliament saw the NLR apply to build a two-mile extension from Dalston to a new London terminus at Broad Street railway station (England). This was passed in 1861 and the majority of the line was built on a viaduct now known as the Dalston Viaduct. A significant number of properties were demolished to make way for the new railway. The original railway had three tracks and Shoreditch station had three platform faces. It was situated partly on the viaduct and partly on the bridge over Old Street. It was a flat roofed square two storey brick station building located on the corner of Kingsland Road and Old Street. Connor suggests the ticket office was at street level and stairs took you up to platform level which were accommodated within the building. The structure had a number of elegant arched windows and was typical of many NLR stations. There were a number of structures, mostly of timber construction, on the platforms containing offices, waiting rooms etc. The station was opened on 1 November 1865 - the same date as Broad Street and services started operating to Poplar (East India Road) station. A fourth track which did not have a platform face was added in July 1874 and used by other NLR passenger services (e.g. to Richmond) and goods trains to and from Broad Street goods depots. The first signal box was located north of the island platform between the two sets of running lines and this was relocated on 5 December 1875 during platform lengthening work. A