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Wanstead Park is a railway
station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Gospel Oak to
Barking line in Zone 3, 11 miles 11 chains (17.9 km) down the
line from Gospel Oak and situated between Leytonstone High Road
and Woodgrange Park. It is operated by London Overground.
Despite its name, Wanstead Park Station is not situated in
Wanstead but in Forest Gate – and it is not near Wanstead Park
but Wanstead Flats. The station was opened 9 July 1894.
The station is 360 yards (330 m) from Forest Gate station,
according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is
suggested in the National Rail Timetable.
Predominantly during weekdays there is a quarter-hourly service
of trains to the station (4tph each way). The line and rail
tracks are also used for freight trains passing through. The
line was electrified in 2016-7 – whilst the working was underway
(from 6 June 2016 until February 2017), trains were replaced by
buses between Barking & South Tottenham (until 23 September
2016) and then through to Gospel Oak thereafter.
London Buses routes 58, 308 and 330 serve the station.
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