Seven Kings railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Seven Kings | ||
| Local authority | Redbridge | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SVK | ||
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 (4 operational) | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 1.174 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 1.096 million | ||
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| Zone | 4 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1899 | ||
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Seven Kings from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Seven Kings railway station is a railway station at Seven Kings in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London. It was opened on 1 March 1899 by the Great Eastern Railway on their Main Line which opened sixty years earlier.
Before the London underground railway Central Line passed from Stratford via Gants Hill to Newbury Park in 1947, Seven Kings was one of two junctions for the Fairlop Loop to Woodford via Hainault. Seven Kings West Junction (the curve here only ever seeing freight, excursion and empty stock traffic) was closed in 1956, though the other connection, from Ilford, was severed as early as 1947 due to the expansion of Ilford Carriage Sheds, which are easily visible from the western end of Seven Kings station. The carriage sheds comprise a large depot which includes two workshops.
It is proposed that the Crossrail line will stop here. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4. A £1M refurbishement has now been planned consisting of a new toilet, waiting room and deep clean
[edit] Service
Typical off-peak service from the station is:
- 6 tph (trains per hour) to Shenfield
- 6 tph to Liverpool Street
[edit] External links
Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
- Train times and station information for Seven Kings railway station from National Rail
- Seven Kings railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
[edit] Gallery
 Slow platforms 3 and 4 looking east |
 Slow platforms 3 and 4 looking west |
 Sign on fast eastbound platform 2, with former "one" logo obscured by blue patch on the right |
 Looking west at the western end of the station towards Ilford Depot, the eastern part of which occupies the location of the connection towards Newbury Park, abandoned in 1956. |
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toward Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport
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toward Shenfield
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