Leytonstone High Road railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox London station Leytonstone High Road is a railway station in Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking line (currently branded as the Suffragette line of the London Overground), Template:Convert down the line from Template:Stnlnk and situated between Template:Stnlnk and Template:Stnlnk. It has two platforms that are elevated approximately Template:Convert 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. Template:Overground RDT

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 Leytonstone High Road on 1 May 1949.<ref>Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford</ref> The original wooden platform buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1950s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ticket barriers were installed in 2016.

Location

Although the railway crosses over the London Underground's Central line almost immediately north west of the station, there is no direct interchange; Template:Stl 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.

London Buses routes 257 and W14 and night route N8 serve the station.

Services

All services at Leytonstone High 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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