Wanstead Underground Station - The Green, Wanstead, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 34.538 E 000° 01.712
31U E 294104 N 5718024
Wanstead tube station is located on the east side of The Green at the junction with Harrier Avenue. The station opened in 1947 after having its tunnels used as a munitions factory during the Second World War.
Waymark Code: WMM34W
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/13/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member razalas
Views: 1

Wikipedia has a brief article about the station:

Wanstead tube station is a London Underground station in Wanstead, on the Hainault loop of the Central line. It is in Zone 4.

Construction of the station had started in the 1930s, but was delayed by the onset of World War 2. Wanstead was not opened until 14 December 1947. The station buildings, located opposite The Green, were designed by architect Charles Holden, like many other stations on the branch. It kept its original wooden escalator until 2003, one of the last underground tube stations to do so.

The station has been extensively refurbished since 2006, with the original platform wall tiling, that had become badly damaged, being replaced.

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