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Walthamstow Central is a railway station located in Walthamstow, London, and served by both London Underground and London Overground services. It is the terminus of the Victoria line, and is on the Chingford Line of the London Overground. It is a short walk from station by means of a dedicated footpath known as Ray Dudley Way. On 31 May 2015, services on the Chingford Line transferred from Abellio Greater Anglia to London Overground. ==History== The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway (as Hoe Street) in 1870 when a line was opened from Lea Bridge to a temporary station called Shern Hall Street which was east of the Hoe Street station. The line that the Chingford branch uses today (2015) was opened two years later in 1872 with the branch being extended later to Chingford in 1873. The GER was taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. On 29–30 May 1937 the London and North Eastern Railway put on a railway exhibition in the station yard. The exhibits were (LNER locomotive classification/Wheel arrangement/Number/Name): * Class A3 4-6-2 No. 2744 ''Grand Parade'' * Class A4 4-6-2 No. 2512 and 4482 ''Golden Eagle'' * Class P1 2-8-2 No. 2394, * Class B17 4-6-0 No. 2870, which was named ''Tottenham Hotspur'' during the exhibition * Class V2 2-6-2 No. 4771 ''Green Arrow'' (this locomotive exists and is preserved in 2014) * Class D16 4-4-0 No. 8808 * Class B12 4-6-0 No. 8555 * Class Y4 0-4-0T No. 7229 * Class Y5 0-4-0T No. 7230 * Railcar No. 51913 ''Rival''. Other items of rolling stock included a camping coach, a signal demonstration van, vans used by the locomotive running department, a sleeping coach, a crane and a mail coach as well as several items of goods rolling stock. In 1948 the railways were nationalised and responsibility for operating the station fell to British Railways (Eastern Region). The line was electrified in the late 1950s with electric services commencing 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. The station became an interchange station and the eastern terminus of the Victoria line with London Underground services starting on 1 September 1968. The station's present name was changed at this time. The platforms for the Victoria line (like all stations on the Victoria line) are actually underground. On 31 May 2015 the station's Abellio Greater Anglia services were transferred to London Overground Rail Operations.〔(TFL appoints London Overground operator to run additional services ) Transport for London 28 May 2014〕〔(TfL count on LOROL for support ) ''Rail Professional'' 28 May 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walthamstow Central station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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