Woodgrange Park railway station
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Woodgrange Park  | |
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 Station entrance | |
| Location | Manor Park |
| Local authority | London Borough of Newham |
| Grid reference | TQ418853 |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | WGR |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 and 4 |
| OSI | Manor Park  [1] |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2009–10 |  0.171 million[2] |
| 2010–11 | 0.310 million[2] |
| 2011–12 | 0.485 million[2] |
| 2012–13 | 0.602 million[2] |
| 2013–14 | 0.702 million[2] |
| 2014–15 | 0.751 million[2] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1894 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
 London transport portal | |
Woodgrange Park railway station is a London Overground station on Romford Road in the Manor Park neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham, northeast London. The station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line and is the penultimate station on the eastern extremity of that line and is in Travelcard Zones 3 and 4.[3] The station is managed by London Overground who also provide all train services. It has only limited station buildings and facilities.
Location
The station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Template:LUL stations. The National Location Code (NLC) is 7467. The station is on Romford Road and Manor Park station is a short walk from this station[4] with this being an official out-of-station interchange.[1] However, the National Rail Timetable suggests interchanging one stop west, from Wanstead Park to Forest Gate.[5]
History
Track was laid through the site in 1854 as part of the first section of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Forest Gate Junction on the Eastern Counties Railway to Barking.[6] In 1894 the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway opened a new railway to Tottenham beginning at a junction just north of the station site.[6] The station was opened 9 July 1894.[6]
Unusually for the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, the section through the station was electrified (and has been since 1962, when it was so treated as part of the LT&SR modernisation & electrification scheme) as the line is used by a limited number of c2c services (which do not stop at Woodgrange Park) and regular freight trains.[7]
Design
It is a station with limited facilities as the station ticket office was demolished in the late 1990s and made into a small cycle rack. Staff operate from a container-sized portable office. There have recently[when?] been added a number of self-service touch-screen ticket machines which accept coins, credit cards and notes. Oyster card validators have also been installed. The station was briefly equipped with APTIS equipment in 1988/89.[citation needed]
Services and connections
The weekday London Overground passenger service is four trains per hour in each direction, dropping to half-hourly in the evenings and on Sundays.[8] The line is also used for freight trains to and from the Port of Tilbury[9][10] and the railfreight terminal at Dagenham Dock.[11] c2c's infrequent services to Liverpool Street also pass through without stopping.[citation needed]
London Bus routes 25 and 86, and night route N86 serve the bus stop just outside the station.[12] Additionally, bus route 25 has a 24-hour bus service.[12]
Future Proposals
In common with other stations on the line, usage has greatly increased in recent years, following improvements in train services and the reintroduction of station staff, and peak-hour overcrowding of the two-car diesel trains is now a major issue.[13] Electrification of the Gospel Oak route is now scheduled to be carried out by Network Rail (at a cost of some £115 million) over the next few years, with completion due by 2017.[14]
Gallery
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Eastbound platform looking east -
Eastbound platform looking west -
Station platform roundel
References
- ^ a b "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Google Maps - Woodgrange Park Railway Station
- ^ National Rail Timetable pg. 46 Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c BGO History - Barking - Gospel Oak Rail User Group
- ^ "Woodgrange Park Railway Station"Mapio.net;Retrieved 25 May 2016
- ^ "Gospel Oak to Barking timetable" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Freightliner services" Low Carbon Freight Dividend website; Retrieved 25 May 2016
- ^ Network Rail WTT LD03 - Tottenham South Jcn to Thames Haven, 16 May - December 2016Network Rail; Retrieved 25 May 2016
- ^ "Downpour at Dagenham Dock" Addison, Martin Geograph.org; Retrieved 25 May 2016
- ^ a b "Buses from Manor Park" (PDF). Transport for London. September 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ ‘Overcrowded’ trains danger on Gospel Oak to Barking line
- ^ "Vital work paves the way for electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking line"Network Rail press release 1 February 2106; Retrieved 23 May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Woodgrange Park railway station from National Rail
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- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 3
- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
- DfT Category E stations
- Railway stations in Newham
- Former London, Tilbury and Southend Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1894
- Railway stations served by London Overground
- Manor Park, London