Wanstead Park railway station

Wanstead Park
The station entrance in 2008
Wanstead Park Location of Wanstead Park in Greater London
Location	Forest Gate
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	WNP
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	3
OSI	Forest Gate [1]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.887 million[2]
– interchange	9,221[2]
2019–20	0.770 million[2]
– interchange	12,234[2]
2020–21	0.517 million[2]
– interchange	8,004[2]
2021–22	0.871 million[2]
– interchange	13,397[2]
2022–23	0.891 million[2]
– interchange	11,671[2]
Key dates
1894	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°33′06″N 0°01′35″E / 51.5518°N 0.0264°E / 51.5518; 0.0264
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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.^[3]

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Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services The new London Overground line names and colours are to be introduced across the London rail network in autumn 2024