Walthamstow Queen's Road railway station

Walthamstow Queen's Road railway station is a London Overground station between Blackhorse Road and Leyton Midland Road stations on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, 8 miles 7 chains (13.0 km) down the line from Gospel Oak. It is in Zone 3. It opened as "Walthamstow" on 9 July 1894 and was renamed on 6 May 1968^[4][5] under British Rail. The station stands on Edinburgh Road (not Queens Road) facing Walthamstow (Queens Road) Cemetery. There is step-free access from the street to both platforms.

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Walthamstow Queen's Road
The Ray Dudley Way station entrance in 2014
Walthamstow Queen's Road Location of Walthamstow Queen's Road in Greater London
Location	Walthamstow
Local authority	London Borough of Waltham Forest
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	WMW
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	3
OSI	Walthamstow Central [2]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.735 million[3]
2019–20	0.644 million[3]
2020–21	0.404 million[3]
2021–22	0.690 million[3]
2022–23	0.765 million[3]
Key dates
9 July 1894	Opened
6 May 1968	Renamed "Walthamstow Queen's Road"
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.5817°N 0.024°W / 51.5817; -0.024
London transport portal

The station is about 330 yards (300 m) from Walthamstow Central station and there is a direct footpath link between the two stations via a new exit onto Exeter Road. The footpath link, which opened in August 2014, is called Ray Dudley Way in commemoration of a local man who campaigned for the link for many years.^[6]

Services

All services at Walthamstow Queen's Road are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.^[7][8]

Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Blackhorse Road towards Gospel Oak		Gospel Oak to Barking line		Leyton Midland Road towards Barking Riverside
	Disused railways
Blackhorse Road		Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway		Leyton Midland Road

References

1. "London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
2. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLSX). Transport for London. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
3. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
4. Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
5. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
6. "Ray Dudley Way pedestrian footpath opened on Monday". The Bolton News. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
7. Table 62 National Rail timetable, December 2023
8. "London Overground Timetable: Gospel Oak to Barking" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

External links

• Train times and station information for Walthamstow Queen's Road railway station from National Rail