Bethnal Green railway station facts for kids
Station entrance
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 Bethnal Green
Location of Bethnal Green in Greater London
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| Location | Bethnal Green |
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| Local authority | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Station code | BET |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2004–05 |  0.448 million |
| 2005–06 |  0.446 million |
| 2006–07 | 0.489 million |
| 2007–08 | 0.564 million |
| 2008–09 | 0.545 million |
| 2009–10 | 0.516 million |
| 2010–11 | 0.617 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1872 | Opened |
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Bethnal Green railway station is a train station in east London. You can find it in an area called Bethnal Green, which is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The station and all its trains are run by London Overground. It's on the West Anglia route. This station is in Travelcard Zone 2, which helps you figure out how much your train ticket will cost. The station used to be called Bethnal Green Junction. It also used to serve trains on the Great Eastern Main Line.
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What Trains Stop Here?
This station is a busy place for trains! Here's what you can usually expect during off-peak times (when it's not super busy):
- 8 trains every hour go to London Liverpool Street.
- 4 trains every hour go to Chingford.
- 2 trains every hour go to Cheshunt.
- 2 trains every hour go to Enfield Town.
You can pay for your journey at this station using an Oyster card. This "pay as you go" system has been accepted here since 2 January 2008.
Station History
Bethnal Green railway station has been around for a long time!
How the Station Started
In 1872, a company called the Great Eastern Railway opened a new train line. This line went to Hackney Downs. To help with this new line, a new junction (where train tracks meet) was built. It was located west of Cambridge Heath Road.
Changes Over Time
The new Bethnal Green Junction station replaced an older station called Mile End. Mile End station was on the east side of Cambridge Heath Road. The new Bethnal Green Junction station was built right next to the new train junction.
It had four platforms and served two main train routes. In 1946, the station stopped serving the Great Eastern main line to Shenfield. Because of this, two of its platforms were closed down. You can still see parts of the old Shenfield platform today. The other Shenfield platform (for trains going towards London) was taken down. The train tracks were also changed around that time. We don't know exactly when the station's name changed. It might have happened when it stopped serving the Shenfield line.
Gallery
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Platforms looking east
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Platforms looking west
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Great Eastern main line looking east
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Great Eastern main line looking west
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Bethnal Green East Junction
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Platform signage, with NEEA logo
Images for kids
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Bethnal Green Signal Box (1949)
- Train times and station information for Bethnal Green railway station from National Rail
