Woodgrange Park railway station
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Woodgrange Park is a railway station in Manor Park
Manor Park, London
Manor Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham, as well as of the local railway station and cemetery. There is another railway station - Woodgrange Park...

, east London
London
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, England. The station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line
Gospel Oak to Barking line
The Gospel Oak – Barking Line is a railway line in north and east London which connects Gospel Oak in North London and Barking in East London as part of the London Overground network. It is sometimes known as the Goblin , although this is a nickname rather than an official title...

 3 km (1¾ miles) west of . The station is in both zones 3 and 4. It was opened 9 July 1894.

It is a station with limited facilities as the station ticket office was demolished in the late 90s and made into a small cycle rack. Staff operate from a container sized portable office. There have recently been added a number of self-service touch screen ticket machines which take coins, credit cards and notes. Oyster card validators have also been installed.

Unusually for the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, the section through the station is electrified as the line is used by a limited number of c2c
C2c
c2c is a British train operating company that is part of the National Express Group. It provides passenger rail services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London to east London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway...

 services (which do not stop at Woodgrange Park) and regular freight trains.
London Bus routes 25 and 86 routes serve the bus stop just outside the station.

station is a short walk from this station. However, the National Rail Timetable suggests interchanging one stop west, from to .

Services

The weekday London Overground passenger service is 4 trains per hour in each direction.

The line is also used for freight trains passing through. c2c's infrequent services to Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is both a central London railway terminus and a connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, England...

 also pass through without stopping.

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