Leyton tube station
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 Entrance to Leyton High Road | |
  Leyton Location of Leyton in Greater London | |
| Location | Leyton |
| Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2008 |
 12.65 million[1] |
| 2009 |
 12.35 million[2] |
| 2010 |
12.56 million[3] |
| 2011 |
13.29 million[4] |
| 1856 | Opened (ECR) |
| 1947 | Started (Central line) |
| 6 May 1968 | Goods yard closed[5] |
| Lists of stations |
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 London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°33′24″N 0°00′19″W / 51.5566°N 0.0052°W | |
Leyton tube station is a London Underground station at Leyton. Situated opposite Leyton Mills at the end of Leyton High Road, it is on the Central Line between Stratford and Leytonstone. It is in zone 3.
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.
In September 2011, it was announced that the tube station's capacity was to be doubled, in order to cope with the predicted additional users of the station during the 2012 Olympic Games, and to ease the existing congestion. There was planned to be a new exit from the westbound platform onto Goodall Road, and two extra exits from the eastbound platform, to be used when needed. The work was due to be completed by June 2012, but did not materialise.
Notable local places
Leyton tube station serves Leyton Orient F.C. stadium.
Transport connections
Bus routes 58, 69, 97, 158 and 308 pass by the station, while the W14, W15 and N26 are a couple of minutes down the road.
Gallery
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Looking westbound
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Looking eastbound
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Large roundel on westbound platform (most wall-mounted ones here are small)
References
- ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2008". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2009". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Customer metrics: entries and exits: 2010". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (London Underground Railway Society) (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
| Preceding station | London Underground |
Following station | ||
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Stratford |
Central line |