Bethnal Green railway station
 Station entrance |
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 Bethnal Green
Location of Bethnal Green in Greater London |
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| Location | Bethnal Green |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Station code | BET |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
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| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 |  0.448 million[1] |
| 2005–06 |  0.446 million[1] |
| 2006–07 | 0.489 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 0.564 million[1] |
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| 1872 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| External links | Departures • Layout |
| Facilities • Buses | |
| Coordinates: 51°31′23″N 0°03′32″W / 51.523°N 0.059°W | |
Bethnal Green railway station is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Greater Anglia, on the West Anglia route, and it is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station was formerly called Bethnal Green Junction and was also served by trains on the Great Eastern Main Line.
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[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 8tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street
- 4tph to Chingford fast to Hackney Downs then all stations
- 2tph to Cheshunt fast to Hackney Downs then all stations via Seven Sisters
- 2tph to Enfield Town all stations via Seven Sisters
Oyster card (pay as you go) is accepted at the station from 2 January 2008.
[edit] History
In 1872 the Great Eastern Railway opened a new branch to Hackney Downs; to serve this branch a new junction was built to the west of Cambridge Heath Road.
It also replaced a station called Mile End which was located on the eastern side of Cambridge Heath Road with a station immediately to the west of the new junction called Bethnal Green Junction. It served both of the Great Eastern Railway routes and had four platforms. In 1946 this station stopped serving the Great Eastern main line to Shenfield and two platforms were closed, though the remains of the Shenfield down platform are still visible. The Shenfield up (London-bound) platform was demolished and the tracks rearranged, coinciding with the swapping of services from the former fast tracks onto the former slow (resulting in the arrangement we see today). It is not known for certain when the station's name was changed, possibly when it ceased serving the Shenfield line.
[edit] Gallery
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bethnal Green railway station |
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Platforms looking east
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Platforms looking west
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Great Eastern main line looking east
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Great Eastern main line looking west
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Bethnal Green East Junction
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Platform signage, with NXEA logo
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Bethnal Green railway station from National Rail
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| London Liverpool Street | Greater Anglia Lea Valley Lines West Anglia Main Line |
Cambridge Heath or Hackney Downs |
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| Bishopsgate Line open, station closed |
Great Eastern Railway Great Eastern Main Line |
Globe Road Line open, station closed |
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