Leyton tube station

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Leyton
Location
Place	Leyton
Local authority	Waltham Forest

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	3
2005 annual usage	9.894 million †
2007 annual usage	12.323 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 22 August 1856
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Leyton tube station is a London Underground station at Leyton. Situated opposite Leyton Mills at the end of Leyton High Street. It is on the Central Line between Stratford and Leytonstone. It is in zone 3.

1 History
2 Gallery

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 22 August 1856 and was called "Low Leyton". It was renamed Leyton on 27 November 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway. The current station buildings largely date from the reconstruction of 1879, which saw the original level crossing replaced by a bridge, although some alterations were carried out in connection with the transfer of the station from the London & North Eastern Railway to London Underground as part of the eastern extensions of the Central line. The station was first served by the Central Line on 5 May 1947. Now demolished is the northern ticket office and entrance, opened in 1901, which was removed as part of the controversial M11 extension that was built adjacent to the station in the 1990s.

[edit] Trivia

When Low Leyton originally opened, trains were not allowed to stop on Sundays as the local vicar had convinced those in authority that the railway was 'the devil's work' and should prevent people from getting to church by train. Leyton is also the most used station.