Leyton tube station

Leyton is a London Underground station in Leyton, in London, England. Located on Leyton High Road, adjacent to the A12, the station is on the Central line between Stratford and Leytonstone. It is in zone 3.

"Leyton station" redirects here. For the London Overground station, see Leyton Midland Road railway station.

Leyton
Entrance to Leyton High Road
Leyton
Location of Leyton in Greater London
LocationLeyton
Local authorityLondon Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Number of platforms2
Fare zone3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2014 14.07 million[1]
2015 14.41 million[1]
2016 14.33 million[1]
2017 13.47 million[1]
2018 12.04 million[2]
Railway companies
Original companyEastern Counties Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 August 1856 (1856-08-22)Opened as Low Leyton
27 November 1867Renamed Leyton
5 May 1947Central line service introduced
6 May 1968Goods yard closed[3]
Other information
External links
WGS8451.5566°N 0.0052°W / 51.5566; -0.0052
London transport portal

History

The railway line from Loughton Branch Junction (on the Lea Valley line between Stratford and Lea Bridge} to Loughton was built by the Eastern Counties Railway, and opened on 22 August 1856.[4] A station at Leyton was opened on the same day, and was originally named Low Leyton. It was renamed Leyton on 27 November 1867 by the Great Eastern Railway.[5][6][7] 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, as part of the extension of the line to Leytonstone.

In the 1990s, the northern ticket office and entrance - dating from 1901 - were removed as part of the controversial M11 extension (now the A12) that was built adjacent to the station. In the mid 2000s, the station was comprehensively refurbished as part of the London Underground PPP.[8]

According to TfL, the station is severely overcrowded at peak periods, due to the small ticket hall (as a result of the station's location on top of the bridge over the tracks), and the proximity of the ticket barriers to the narrow pavement outside the station.[9] In 2011, it was announced the capacity of the station would be increased, in order to cope with the predicted additional users of the station during the 2012 Olympic Games, and to ease the existing congestion. This work would have created a new access to Goodall Road from the westbound platform.[10][11] This work never materialised.[12]

Planned upgrade and step free access

In 2019, it was announced that Waltham Forest and Transport for London would fund a £18million expansion and upgrade of the station, including step free access.[13][14]

This work will involve construction of a new, larger ticket hall north of the current one, a new footbridge, wider stairs and step free access to both platforms. The existing ticket hall building would then be repurposed as a retail unit by TFL Property.[9] In 2020, a funding agreement between Waltham Forest and TFL was signed, with works estimated to begin in 2021 - with completion by 2023.[15][16]

Notable local places

Leyton tube station serves Leyton Orient F.C. stadium.

Connections

London Buses routes 58, 69, 97 and 158 serve the station with W14, 339, W15 and night route N26 nearby.

  • Looking westbound
  • Looking eastbound
  • Large roundel on westbound platform (most wall-mounted ones here are small)

References
  1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007-2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. pp. 20, 216.
  5. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page69
  6. Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford page 124
  7. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 142, 150. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  8. "Waltham Forest to benefit as Mayor unveils £10bn investment programme to transform Londons transport network". Transport for London. 12 October 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. "Leyton Underground Station - Council funding contribution towards proposed capacity improvement and Step Free Access scheme" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. 17 January 2019.
  10. Jackson-Obot, Ima (13 September 2011). "LEYTON: Station capacity to double". East London and West Essex Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. Binns, Daniel (26 May 2012). "LEYTON: Thousands to use station during Olympics". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. "'Our Olympics': (1) LBWF and Leyton Market - the Council wins a 'gold medal for ineptitude'". Waltham Forest Matters. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  13. Richardson, Alice (18 January 2019). "Step-free access planned for Leyton tube station". East London and West Essex Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  14. "Cabinet decision - LEYTON UNDERGROUND STATION: CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT AND STEP FREE ACCESS SCHEME". democracy.walthamforest.gov.uk. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. "Leyton Underground Station: Funding Agreement with Transport for London" (PDF). London Borough of Waltham Forest. 16 March 2020.
  16. Munro, Victoria (10 March 2020). "Leyton Tube station expansion could start by August next year". East London and West Essex Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Stratford
Central line
towards Epping, Hainault
or Woodford (via Hainault)
  Historical railways  
Stratford
Line closed, station open		   Great Eastern Railway
Eastern Counties Railway
Loughton branch		   Leytonstone
Line and station open
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