Bethnal Green railway station

Bethnal Green is a London Overground station in the district of Bethnal Green, East London, on the Lea Valley Lines network 1mi down-line from London Liverpool Street; the next station down-line is either or. Its three-letter station code is BET and it is in Travelcard zone 2.The station was opened in 1872 and was formerly called Bethnal Green Junction until 1946: it was also formerly served by trains on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) via. The station is situated on Three Colts Lane and is within walking distance to Bethnal Green Road via Wilmot Street. It is some distance from Bethnal Green tube station on the London Underground's Central lineHistoryIn 1872 the Great Eastern Railway opened a new branch from to ; to serve this line a new junction was built to the west of Cambridge Heath Road. Bethnal Green Junction station was constructed immediately to the west. It replaced a nearby station called Mile End (not to be confused with the current Underground station of the same name) which was located on the eastern side of Cambridge Heath Road. The new station served both of the Great Eastern Railway's routes and had four platforms.