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. The station was formerly called Bethnal Green Junction until Junction was removed from the name and was also served by trains on the Great Eastern Main Line. It should not be confused with Bethnal Green tube station nearby.
 Station entrance | |
| Location | Bethnal Green |
|---|---|
| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Station code | BET |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 |  0.448 million[1] |
| 2005–06 |  0.446 million[1] |
| 2006–07 | 0.489 million[1] |
| 2007–08 | 0.564 million[1] |
| 2008–09 | 0.545 million[1] |
| 2009–10 | 0.516 million[1] |
| 2010–11 | 0.617 million[1] |
| Key dates | |
| 1872 | Opened |
| Other information | |
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Services
The typical off-peak service is:
- 8tph (trains per hour) to London Liverpool Street
- 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 to 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 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 rearranged, coinciding with the swapping 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 it ceased serving the Shenfield line.
Gallery
Platforms looking east
Platforms looking west
Great Eastern main line looking east
Great Eastern main line looking west
Bethnal Green East Junction
Platform signage, with NEEA logo
Bethnal Green Railway Station Media
Bethnal Green Signal Box (1949)
References
Other websites
- Train times and station information for Bethnal Green railway station from National Rail
