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Wanstead Park railway station

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Wanstead Park
London Overground
Side view of railway arch with metal staircase from street to the viaduct. There is orange and white London Overground signage.
Station entrance in 2008
General information
LocationForest Gate, Newham
Coordinates51°33′06″N 0°01′35″E / 51.5518°N 0.0264°E / 51.5518; 0.0264
OwnerNetwork Rail
ManagerLondon Overground
Platforms2
ConnectionsOut-of-station interchanges:[1] Forest Gate Elizabeth line
Other information
Station codeWNP
Fare zone3
ClassificationCategory E
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
Opened9 July 1894 (1894-07-09)
Original company
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Passengers
National Rail annual entry and exit
2020–21Decrease 0.517 million[2]
 Interchange Decrease 8,004
2021–22Increase 0.871 million[2]
 Interchange Increase 13,397
2022–23Increase 0.891 million[2]
 Interchange Decrease 11,671
2023–24Increase 0.998 million[2]
 Interchange Increase 44,292
2024–25Increase 1.071 million[2]
 Interchange Decrease 26,795
Location
Map
Location in Newham

Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Suffragette line of the London Overground in London fare zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains (17.9 km) down the line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road and Woodgrange Park. Despite its name, Wanstead Park station is not situated in Wanstead but in Forest Gate – and it is not near Wanstead Park but Wanstead Flats. The station was opened 9 July 1894.

History

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In July 1894 the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway (TFGR), a joint venture between the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) and the Midland Railway (MR), opened a new railway between Tottenham and a junction just north of a new LTSR station at Woodgrange Park.[3] In planning, the station was to be called Forest Gate, but the name was changed just before opening.[4] The station was opened on 9 July 1894 by the TFGR in the northeast of the County Borough of West Ham, 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) south of the boundary with Wanstead and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of Wanstead Park.

The line was electrified in 2016-7 – whilst the working was underway (from 6 June 2016 until February 2017), trains were replaced by buses between Barking & South Tottenham (until 23 September 2016) and then through to Gospel Oak thereafter.[5]

Location

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The station is 360 yards (330 m) from Forest Gate station, according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is suggested in the National Rail Timetable.[6]

London Buses routes 58, 308 and 330 serve the station.[7]

Services

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All services at Wanstead Park are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.[8]

References

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Citations

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  1. ↑ "Out-of-station interchanges" (ODS). Transport for London. 1 May 2026. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Table 1415: Time series of passenger entries, exits and interchanges by station, Great Britain, annual data, April 1997 to March 2025" (ODS). Office of Rail Regulation. 4 December 2025. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026. Note: Methodology may vary year-on-year.
  3. ↑ Kay 1997, pp. 88, 90.
  4. ↑ Kay 1997, p. 89.
  5. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 62
  6. ↑ National Rail Timetable Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine Page 46
  7. ↑ "Buses from Forest Gate" (PDF). TfL. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Table 3 National Rail timetable, May 2025

Sources

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  • Kay, Peter (1997). The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway: A History of the Company and Line Volume 2. Wivenhoe: P. Kay. ISBN 189-9-89019X.
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Preceding station   London Overground   Following station
Leytonstone High Road
towards Gospel Oak
   Suffragette line
   Woodgrange Park
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