Walthamstow Queen's Road railway station is a

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station between and stations on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, down the line from . It is in Zone 3. It opened as "Walthamstow" on 9 July 1894 and was renamed on 6 May 1968 under

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. 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. The station is about from 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. The station is served by a train every 15 minutes in both directions throughout the day, though from June 2016 until February 2017 the service was suspended (with a rail-replacement bus in operation) whilst the line underwent major rebuilding work associated with electrification.

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Railway stations in the London Borough of Waltham Forest DfT Category E stations Former Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894 Railway stations served by London Overground Walthamstow {{London-railstation-stub