Leyton tube station
 Entrance to Leyton High Road |
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 Leyton
Location of Leyton in Greater London |
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| Location | Leyton |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
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| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2008 |  12.650 million[1] |
| 2009 |  11.169 million[1] |
| 2010 | 12.560 million[1] |
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| 1856 | Opened (ECR) |
| 1947 | Started (Central line) |
| 6 May 1968 | Goods yard closed[2] |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| Coordinates: 51°33′24″N 0°00′19″W / 51.5566°N 0.0052°W | |
Leyton tube station is a London Underground station at Leyton. Situated opposite Leyton Mills at the end of Leyton High Street. It is on the Central Line between Stratford and Leytonstone. It is in zone 3.
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[edit] History
The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22 August 1856 and was called "Low Leyton". It was renamed Leyton on 27 November 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway. The current station buildings largely date from the reconstruction of 1879, which saw the original level crossing replaced by a bridge, although some alterations were carried out in connection with the transfer of the station from the London & North Eastern Railway to London Underground as part of the eastern extensions of the Central line. The station was first served by the Central Line on 5 May 1947. Now demolished is the northern ticket office and entrance, opened in 1901, which was removed as part of the controversial M11 extension that was built adjacent to the station in the 1990s.
In September 2011, it was announced that the tube station's capacity is to be doubled, in order to cope with the predicted additional users of the station during the 2012 Olympic Games, and to ease the existing congestion. There will be a new exit from the westbound platform onto Gooddall Road, and two extra exits from the eastbound platform, to be used when needed. The work is due to take place in February 2012.
[edit] Notable local places
Leyton tube station serves Leyton Orient F.C. stadium.
[edit] Transport connections
Bus routes 58, 69, 97, 158 and 308 pass by the station, while the W14, W15 and N26 are a couple of minutes down the road.
[edit] Gallery
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Leyton tube station |
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Looking westbound
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Looking eastbound
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Large roundel on westbound platform (most wall-mounted ones here are small)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (London Underground Railway Society) (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
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towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip
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Central line |
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