Leytonstone tube station

Leytonstone is an aboveground station London Underground in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It lies on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and 4, at the Church Lane and parallel to the highway A12. In the year 2011 there were 10.45 million passengers these from the Central Line station.

The Central Line splits here into two branches stretch after Epping and Hainault. A special feature are 17 mosaics depicting scenes from various Alfred Hitchcock films. These were designed by Greenwich Mural Workshop and presented on 3 May 2001 solemnly to the public. Hitchcock was born in 1899 in Leytonstone, close to the station.

History

The opening of the station took place on August 22, 1856 by the Eastern Counties Railway ( ECR), as part of the newly built route from Stratford to Loughton, which was nine years later extended to Ongar. From 1862 it belonged to the route network of the Great Eastern Railway, from 1923 to that of the London and North Eastern Railway ( LNER ).

As part of the " New Works " program, it was decided to transfer the northeastern suburb of the LNER lines to the Central Line. This measure included the electrification of the line to Epping and the construction of a new line under the Eastern Avenue towards Newbury Park. The station Leytonstone was completely rebuilt and the same level of road junction at Church Lane replaced by a footbridge. In Leytonstone first held on May 5, 1947 Underground Central Line. During some months here was terminal; Passengers towards Epping first had to change to steam-powered commuter trains. This company situation ended with the recording of the metro operation towards Newbury Park and Woodford on 14 December 1947.