Leyton Midland Road railway station

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Leyton Midland Road is a London Overground station in Leyton of the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is on the Suffragette line, Template:Convert down the line from Template:Stnlnk and situated between Template:Stnlnk and Template:Stnlnk stations in London fare zone 3. It is the closest railway station to Bakers Arms.<ref>Template:Cite map/Standard Tube Map</ref> Template:Overground RDT

History

The station opened on 9 July 1894 as part of the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway and was originally called "Leyton".<ref name=stnhistory>Barking to Gospel Oak Rail User Group - A Short History of the Line</ref><ref name=Butt>Template:Cite book</ref>

On 17 August 1915, three explosive bombs from the German Zeppelin L.10 landed on or near the station, destroying the ticket office and a billiard hall in the arches under the platform and damaging several houses nearby. Four people were killed.<ref>London 1914-17: The Zeppelin Menace, Ian Castle, Christa Hook, Osprey Publishing 2008, p.30</ref>

The station was renamed Leyton Midland Road on 1 May 1949.<ref name=stnhistory /><ref name=Butt /> The goods yard, which was just beyond the station, closed on 6 May 1968.<ref name=stnhistory /> As with Leytonstone High Road and Wanstead Park stations, the booking office was built into the viaduct arch. By the 1980s all the old buildings had been removed and the Greater London Council built a new booking office on Midland Road itself.<ref name=stnhistory /> A few years later that was closed and demolished when, like other stations, Leyton Midland Road became unstaffed.<ref name=stnhistory />

In common with other stations on the line, usage has risen greatly this century following improvements in train services and the reintroduction of station staff under London Overground, and peak-hour overcrowding of the two-car diesel trains became a major issue before electric trains were introduced from 2019.<ref>‘Overcrowded’ trains danger on Gospel Oak to Barking line Template:Webarchive</ref> Electrification of the line was finally approved after a long campaign and was achieved for 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Services from the station were suspended for 8 months (June 2016 – February 2017) whilst the work was carried out.

Design

Since the takeover by London Overground the station has benefited from a major refit including deep clean, new signing, a ticket machine and additional waiting shelters. The community garden which was started by members of the GOBLIN support group is tended by station staff. The station also contains help points<ref>Leyton Midland Road Rail Station</ref> and automatic ticket gates have now been installed.<ref>Leyton Midland Road (LEM)</ref> Controversially, the Midland Road entrance is now closed.<ref>Closure of Midland Road entrance</ref>

Location

London Buses routes 69, 97 and W16 and night route N26 serve the station.<ref>Leyton Midland Road Rail Station - Bus</ref>

Services

All services at Leyton Midland Road are operated by London Overground using Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Template:Stnlnk and Template:Stnlnk. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.<ref>Template:NRtimes</ref>

External links

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