Wanstead Park is a railway station in Forest Gate, London. It is on the Suffragette line of the London Overground in London fare zone 3, down the line from and situated between and . 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.
History
In planning, the station was to be called Forest Gate, but the name was changed just before opening. The station was opened on 9 July 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway in the northeast of the County Borough of West Ham, south of the boundary with Wanstead and southwest of Wanstead Park.
The line was electrified in 2016-7 – whilst the working was underway (from 6 June 2016 until February 2017), trains were replaced by buses between Barking & South Tottenham (until 23 September 2016) and then through to Gospel Oak thereafter.
Location
The station is from station, according to TfL's journey planner, and this interchange is suggested in the National Rail Timetable.
London Buses routes 58, 308 and 330 serve the station.
Services
All services at Wanstead Park are operated by London Overground using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is four trains per hour in each direction between and . During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction.