Wood Street railway station
Wood Street 
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 Wood Street
Location of Wood Street in Greater London
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| Location | Walthamstow |
| Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Station code | WST |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.750 million |
| 2012–13 |
0.786 million |
| 2013–14 |
0.862 million |
| 2014–15 |
0.972 million |
| 2015–16 |
1.140 million |
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| 1873 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°35′11″N 0°00′08″W / 51.5864°N 0.0021°WCoordinates: 51°35′11″N 0°00′08″W / 51.5864°N 0.0021°W |
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Wood Street railway station is in Upper Walthamstow, in Waltham Forest, north east London. It is in Travelcard Zone 4, and the station and all trains are operated by London Overground. It is also occasionally known as Walthamstow Wood Street. The station is located on the Chingford Branch Line and is part of the Lea Valley Lines network.
The station was opened in 1873 by the Great Eastern Railway.
On 13 February 1919 there was an accident at Wood Street when a passenger train ran into an empty stock train. Five people were injured – none seriously. The cause was a signal failure.
In 1923 the Great Eastern Railway became part of the London and North Eastern Railway.
In 1948 British Railways Eastern Region took over operation of the line following nationalisation.
The engine shed was closed in 1960 when the line was electrified. Electric services commenced 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.
To the north of these there were a number of carriage sidings located either side of the tracks.
Until a last-minute decision was made in 1961, it had been intended to build the Victoria line past Walthamstow Central station to Wood Street, where the line would surface to terminate next to the British Railways station, on land previously used as a coal depot. The goods depot closed on 6 May 1968.
In April 1994 Railtrack took over responsibility for the operation of the infrastructure. Train services have been operated since then by West Anglia Great Northern, One railway, National Express East Anglia, Abellio Greater Anglia and currently in 2015 by London Overground.
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