Bethnal Green railway station

Bethnal Green railway station is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Bethnal Green in east London. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Overground, on the West Anglia Main Line, and it is in Travelcard Zone 2. 

 Renaming and interchange 
The station was originally called Bethnal Green Junction when Junction was removed from the name, and was also served by trains on the Great Eastern Main Line (to Norwich railway station). However, it should not be confused with Bethnal Green tube station nearby.

Services

The typical off-peak service is:
8tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street, the next southbound station
4tph to Chingford
2tph to Cheshunt 
2tph to Enfield Town 

Oyster card (pay as you go) on National Rail is accepted at the station from 2 January 2008.

History

In 1872 the Great Eastern Railway opened a new branch to Hackney Downs to serve this branch a new junction was built on the west of Cambridge Heath Road.

It also replaced a station called Mile End which was located on the eastern side of Cambridge Heath Road with a station located immediately to the west of the new junction called Bethnal Green Junction. 

It served both of the Great Eastern Railway routes and had four platforms. In 1946 this station stopped serving the Great Eastern main line to Shenfield and two platforms were closed, though the remains of the Shenfield down platform are still visible. 

The Shenfield up (London-bound) platform was demolished and the tracks were rearranged to coincide with the switch of services from the former fast tracks onto the former slow (resulting in the arrangement we see today). It is not known for certain when the station's name was changed, possibly when the station ceased serving the Shenfield line.

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Category:Railway stations opened in 1872
Category:Railway stations served by National Express East Anglia
Category:1872 establishments in England
Category:Railway stations in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets