Leyton tube station
Leyton  | |
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 Entrance to Leyton High Road | |
| Location | Leyton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2018 |  12.04 million[1] |
| 2019 | 11.26 million[2] |
| 2020 | 7.33 million[3] |
| 2021 | 5.29 million[4] |
| 2022 |  8.36 million[5] |
| Key dates | |
| 1856 | Opened (ECR) |
| 1947 | Started (Central line) |
| 6 May 1968 | Goods yard closed[6] |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
 London transport portal | |
Leyton is a London Underground station at Leyton. Situated opposite Leyton Mills at the end of Leyton High Road, it is on the Central line between Stratford and Leytonstone. It is in zone 3.
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 was 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 was planned to be a new exit from the westbound platform onto Goodall Road, and two extra exits from the eastbound platform, to be used when needed. The work was due to be completed by June 2012, but did not materialise.
Notable local places
Leyton tube station serves Leyton Orient F.C. stadium.
Connections
London Buses routes 58; 69, 97 and 158 serve the station with W14; 339; W15 and night route N26 nearby.
Gallery
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Looking westbound -
Looking eastbound -
Large roundel on westbound platform (most wall-mounted ones here are small)
References
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
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