Wanstead Park railway station
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The station entrance in 2008 | |
Location | Forest Gate |
Local authority | London Borough of Newham |
Managed by | London Overground |
Owner | Network Rail |
Station code(s) | WNP |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 3 |
OSI | Forest Gate ![]() |
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1894 | Opened |
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Coordinates | 51°33′06″N 0°01′35″E / 51.5518°N 0.0264°E |
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Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line in Zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains (17.9 km) down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. It is operated by London Overground. Despite its name, Wanstead Park Station is not situated in Wanstead but in Forest Gate – and it is not near Wanstead Park but Wanstead Flats. The station was opened 9 July 1894. The station is 360 yards (330 m) from Forest Gate station, according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is suggested in the National Rail Timetable.[3]
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History
[edit]The station was opened on 9 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway[4] in the northeast of the County Borough of West Ham, 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) south of the boundary with Wanstead and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of Wanstead Park.
The line was electrified in 2016-7 – whilst the working was underway (from 6 June 2016 until February 2017), trains were replaced by buses between Barking & South Tottenham (until 23 September 2016) and then through to Gospel Oak thereafter.[5]
Services
[edit]All services at Wanstead Park are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.[6][7]
Preceding station | ![]() ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Leytonstone High Road towards Gospel Oak
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Gospel Oak to Barking line | Woodgrange Park towards Barking Riverside
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Disused railways | ||||
Leytonstone High Road | Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway | Woodgrange Park |
Connections
[edit]London Buses routes 58, 308 and 330 serve the station.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ National Rail Timetable Page 46
- ^ "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 62
- ^ Table 62 National Rail timetable, December 2023
- ^ "London Overground Timetable: Gospel Oak to Barking" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Buses from Forest Gate" (PDF). TfL. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Wanstead Park railway station from National Rail