Walthamstow Central is a

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and

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interchange station in the town of

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in the

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, north-east

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. It is the northern terminus of the

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following Blackhorse Road and is the second of five stations on the Chingford branch of the

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operated by

since 2015, from

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between and . The two lines have separate platforms at different levels. The station is in

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. It linked to station on the Gospel Oak to Barking line by a broad footpath, Ray Dudley Way. Walthamstow Central is the closest tube station to

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, the longest outdoor market in

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History

The station was opened by the

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(GER) as Hoe Street in 1870 when a line was opened from to a temporary station called Shern Hall Street which was east of the Hoe Street station. The line to London, that the Chingford branch uses today was opened two years later in 1872 from Hall Farm Junction to Bethnal Green, with the branch also being extended north to Chingford in 1873. The GER amalgamated with several other railways to create the

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at the beginning of 1923. In 1948 the railways were nationalised and responsibility for operating the station fell to British Railways (Eastern Region). The line was electrified in the late 1950s with electric services commencing on 12 November 1960. Early services were formed of Class 305 EMUs but initial technical problems with these saw replacements by Class 302 and Class 304 EMUs. The station became an interchange station and the eastern terminus of the

with

services starting on 1 September 1968; when station's present name was adopted. When originally approved in 1955, the terminus of the line was to be at Wood Street, a plan dropped in 1961 before construction of the line. The platforms for the Victoria line (like all stations on the Victoria line) are underground. On 31 May 2015, the station's

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services were transferred to

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Description

General description

The underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was built to a low budget. White ceiling panels were never fixed to the ceilings above the platforms; instead the steel tunnel segments were painted black and used to support the fixtures and fittings, cutting lighting levels. A concrete stairway sits between two escalators instead of a third; this economy caused a disruptive station closure for several weeks in 2004 when both escalators went out of service. The main entrance to the above-ground station is on the down side, opposite the

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, which was revamped in summer 2004. Until August 2015 three staffed ticket windows opened, replaced by improved ticket machines. The entrance to the tube was revamped in early 2006. A smaller entrance is on the up line, facing a car park. Its ticket office is staffed mainly in peak hours.

Major improvements

A subway was built in 2005 under Selborne Road linking a new bus station with a new Victoria line ticket office. The new subway and ticket office was scheduled for spring 2005 but problems with insufficient power capacity to supply two new lifts, planning and contractual errors, delayed the opening until 19 November 2007. The lifts began operation in late 2008 and some building work took longer to finish.

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control access to all platforms. A footpath link, called Ray Dudley Way, providing a shortcut to nearby , opened in August 2014. Plans for a new entrance with step-free access to the Victoria line platforms were approved by Waltham Forest council in January 2021 to be part-funded by a redevelopment of the shopping mall.

Services

Trains are operated by

. The typical off-peak weekday service pattern is: *4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street; *4 tph to Chingford.

Connections

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routes 20, 34, 55, 58, 69, 97,

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215 Year 215 ( CCXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laetus and Sulla (or, less frequently, year 968 ''Ab urbe condita''). ...

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, 257, 275, 357, W11, W12, W15, W19, school route

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and night routes

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, N38 and N73 serve the station and

Gallery

Victoria line (London Underground)

File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria line look south.JPG, North Victoria line platform looking West towards central London File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria line look north.JPG, South Victoria line platform looking East towards the buffer File:Walthamstow Central stn Victoria roundel.JPG, Victoria line platform roundel

Lea Valley lines (London Overground)

File:Walthamstow Central Hoe Street.JPG, Walthamstow Central railway station viewed west from the A112 overbridge File:Walthamstow Central stn mainline look north.JPG, Platforms looking eastwards File:Walthamstow Central stn mainline look south.JPG, Platforms looking westwards File:Walthamstow Central stn old building.JPG, Original station building on the London-bound side

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walthamstow Central Station Victoria line stations London Underground Night Tube stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Railway stations in the London Borough of Waltham Forest London Underground stations located underground Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870 Walthamstow Railway stations served by London Overground 1870 establishments in England