Wood Street railway station

"Wood Street station" redirects here. For the light rail station in Pittsburgh, United States, seeWood Street station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit).

Wood Street
Main entrance on Upper Walthamstow Road
Wood Street Location of Wood Street in Greater London
Location	Walthamstow
Local authority	London Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed by	London Overground
Station code(s)	WST
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.650 million
2019–20	1.573 million
2020–21	0.549 million
2021–22	1.268 million
2022–23	1.611 million
Key dates
17 November 1873	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.5864°N 0.0021°W/51.5864; -0.0021
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Wood Streetis arailwaystation on theChingford branchof theLea Valley lines,located inUpper Walthamstowin theLondon Borough of Waltham Forest,north east London. It is 7 miles 7 chains (11.4 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Streetand is situated betweenWalthamstow CentralandHighams Park.It has been operated byLondon Overgroundsince 2015.

It is also occasionally known as "Walthamstow Wood Street". The station is inTravelcard Zone 4.The station is close toWhipps Cross University Hospital.

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History

The station was opened in 1873 by theGreat Eastern Railway.

On 13 February 1919 there was an accident at Wood Street when a passenger train ran into an empty stock train. Five people were injured – none seriously. The cause was a signal failure.

In 1923 the Great Eastern Railway became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway,which in turn was merged intoBritish RailwaysEastern Region following nationalisation in 1948.

When construction of theLondon Underground'sVictoria linewas given parliamentary approval in 1955, the plan was to build the line pastWalthamstow Central stationto Wood Street, where the line would surface to terminate next to the British Railways station, on land previously used as a coal depot. Before construction work started, a decision was made in 1961 to omit the section beyond Walthamstow Central.

The line was electrified in 1960, and electric services commenced on 12 November. At firstClass 305EMUs were used, but initial technical problems led to their replacement byClass 302andClass 304EMUs.

The station had a goods depot, which closed on 6 May 1968.

In April 1994Railtracktook over responsibility for the operation of the infrastructure. Train services have been operated since then byWest Anglia Great Northern,National Express East Anglia,Abellio Greater Angliaand, as of 2015,byLondon Overground.

Engine shed

There was an engine shed located just north of Wood Street which was a sub-shed ofStratford TMDand was built in 1878.The engine shed was a two road affair with space for 6 tank locomotives – there was also a short siding for coal wagons. An additional siding was added c1934.By the 1950s the staff complement was 36 drivers, 36 Firemen and six Passed Cleaners although recruitment for what was a hard dirty job became more difficult during that decade.

On 1 January 1922 the allocation consisted of threeGER Class M152-4-2Ts (later LNER Class F4), twoGER Class C72(later LNER Class J68) and elevenGER Class S56(later LNER class J69) 0-6-0T engines.

In later years the main allocation of the shed was tank engines for working suburban services to and from London Liverpool Street and from the 1920s the allocation was exclusively the LNE N7 0-6-2T locomotives.

The shed was closed in 1960 when the line was electrified.

Services

Trains are operated byLondon Overground.

The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is:

• 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street;
• 4 tph to Chingford.

Journey times are 9 minutes to Chingford and 20 minutes to Liverpool Street.

Connections

London Busesroutes230andW16serve the station.

External links

• Train timesandstation informationfor Wood Street railway station fromNational Rail

Preceding station	London Overground			Following station
Walthamstow Central towardsLiverpool Street		Chingford line		Highams Park towardsChingford
Abandoned Plans
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Walthamstow Central towardsVictoria		Victoria line		Terminus