Leytonstone High Road station is a railway station in Leytonstone

Leytonstone

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, London

London

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 in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

London Borough of Waltham Forest

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, on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line

Gospel Oak to Barking line

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, between and . It has two platforms that are elevated approximately 20 feet above ground level, each of which contains a metal shelter, covered but not completely enclosed. Ticket machine

Ticket machine

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s and Oyster

Oyster card

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 validators (for touching in and out) are installed under the arch at the foot of the stairs in the picture. It is also served by London Bus routes 257

London Buses route 257

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 and W14.

Although the railway crosses over the London Underground

London Underground

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's Central Line

Central Line

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 almost immediately north west of the station, there is no direct interchange - station is about a 10 minute walk away. Despite the distance, travellers using Oyster card

Oyster card

The Oyster card is a form of electronic ticketing used on public transport services within the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. It is promoted by Transport for London and is valid on a number of different travel systems across London including London Underground, buses, the Docklands...

s can make the interchange as part of a single journey.

Service

The service was improved in January 2011 to four trains per hour in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays, two an hour on Sundays. The last trains in each direction run at about 11pm.

History

Opened on 9 July 1894 as part of 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 original wooden platform buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1950s.

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