Wanstead tube station

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Wanstead (Template:IPAc-en) is a London Underground station in Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is on the Hainault loop of the Central line, between Leytonstone and Redbridge stations. It is in London fare zone 4. It opened on 14 December 1947 as an extension of the Central line to form the new part of the Hainault Loop.

History

The extension of the Central line eastwards from Liverpool Street was first proposed in 1935 by the London Passenger Transport Board.<ref name=":12">Template:Cite book</ref> The station at Wanstead George Green would be one of three stations in Tube tunnel between Leytonstone and Newbury Park.<ref name=":12" />

Construction of the station began in the mid-1930s, but was delayed by the onset of World War II. The incomplete tunnels between Wanstead and Gants Hill to the east were used for munitions production by Plessey between 1942 and 1945.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The station was finally opened on 14 December 1947. The building, like the other two below-ground stations on the branch, was designed by architect Charles Holden. It kept its original wooden escalator until 2003, one of the last Tube stations to do so.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station has been extensively refurbished since 2006, including the replacement of the original platform wall tiling, which had become badly damaged.

The site of William Penn's home in Wanstead was on the site of the station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Connections

The station is served by London Buses routes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 66, 101, 145, 308, W12, W13 and W14, and also by night routes N8 and N55.

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