Leytonstone High Road railway station

Leytonstone High Road station is a railway station in Leytonstone, London in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line, between and. It has two platforms that are elevated approximately 20ft above ground level, each of which contains a metal shelter, covered but not completely enclosed. Ticket machines and Oyster validators (for touching in and out) are installed under the arch at the foot of the stairs.Although the railway crosses over the London Underground's Central line almost immediately north west of the station, there is no direct interchange - station is about a 10-minute walk away. Despite the distance, travellers using Oyster cards can make the interchange as part of a single journey.ServiceThe service has been gradually improved to provide four trains per hour in each direction on all days. The last trains in each direction run at about 11:30pm. Services are being replaced by buses from June 2016 until February 2017 whilst the line is being electrified (to allow major infrastructure improvements to be carried out).HistoryThe station opened on 9 July 1894 as "Leytonstone" with the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway. Originally, wagons were lowered from the arches to the ground-level goods yard by means of a hydraulic hoist. The station was renamed Leytonstone High Road on 1 May 1949. The original wooden platform buildings were destroyed by fire in the 1950s.