Location Leytonstone Station code LER Fare zone 3 Opened 9 July 1894 Owner Network Rail OSI Leytonstone tube station | Managed by London Overground DfT category E 2011–12 0.587 million Phone +44 343 222 1234 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address High Road, London E11 4RE, UK Similar Leyton Midland Road rail, Wanstead Park railway st, Leytonstone tube station, Woodgrange Park railway st, Crouch Hill railway station | ||
Leytonstone High Road station is a railway station in Leytonstone, London in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, between Leyton Midland Road and Wanstead Park. It has two platforms that are elevated approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) above ground level, each of which contains a metal shelter, covered but not completely enclosed. Ticket machines and Oyster validators (for touching in and out) are installed under the arch at the foot of the stairs.
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Although the railway crosses over the London Underground's Central line almost immediately north west of the station, there is no direct interchange - Leytonstone station is about a 10-minute walk away. Despite the distance, travellers using Oyster cards can make the interchange as part of a single journey.
Service
The service has been gradually improved to provide four trains per hour in each direction on all days. The last trains in each direction run at about 11:30pm. Services are being replaced by buses from June 2016 until February 2017 whilst the line is being electrified (to allow major infrastructure improvements to be carried out).
History
The station opened on 9 July 1894 as "Leytonstone" with the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway. Originally, wagons were lowered from the arches to the ground-level goods yard by means of a hydraulic hoist. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 May 1949. The original wooden platform buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1950s.
Ticket barriers were installed in 2016.
Connections
London Buses routes 257 and W14 and night route N8 serve the station.