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The Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway was planned to run from Tottenham Hale on the Great Eastern Railway to Gospel Oak on the Hampstead Junction section of the London & North Western Railway. It was worked by the North London Railway (NLR) from its opening in 1860, and in 1864 came under NLR control. On 21st July 1868 a new line opened from Tottenham Hale to Highgate Road. It was only in 1887 that an extension to Gospel Oak was achieved but as a passenger exchange not as a junction. On 9th July 1894, the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway was opened for through goods and passenger trains and had stations at Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, Leyton, Leytonstone and Wanstead Park. Up to 1912 the line was a joint railway operated by the Midland Railway and the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway but from 1912 it was solely operated by the Midland. With the opening of the new line the Midland extended some of its South Tottenham trains to East Ham. The line which now ran between Kentish Town and Barking was considered for closure to passengers in 1963 as part of the Beeching Axe, but it remained open. Even so, it was allowed to fall into a poor state of repair and reliability, and by 1980 had been cut back to an hourly service between Kentish Town and Barking. The station canopies were gradually demolished, ticket offices closed and staff withdrawn from stations. The situation began to improve from 1981 when a new link to Gospel Oak was built and the hourly service from Kentish Town to Barking was replaced by the present route from Gospel Oak to Barking with two trains per hour. Now with it being taken over by Transport for London as part of the London Overground network the whole line has a new lease of life and new trains run every 15 minutes between Barking and Gospel Oak. Walthamstow Queen's Road station opened as Walthamstow on 9th July 1894 and was renamed on 1st May 1968, the same year as the Victoria line came to Walthamstow Central close by. As part of the upgrade work much of the old station platforms have been left and fenced off from the shorter current parts used. This view is looking in the direction of Leyton Midland Road.

You don't choose to travel on a line like this for its views, being in a cutting with only the backs of houses on top. This is part of the Gospel Oak to Barking line a little down from Queens Road station. This view is taken from Queens Road and you cannot see the station, which is in fact on Edinburgh Road.

Train departing from the station.

This view looks towards the southern entrance to Walthamstow Queen's Road station which is by the bus stop. For more information on the station see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4015346

Opened in 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Junction Railway on the line from Gospel Oak to Barking. View south east towards Leyton Midland Road and Barking, shortly after the line was electrified. See Image for a pre-electrification view in the opposite direction, some 6 years earlier.

Diesel unit 172 002 before the line was electrified throughout.

Opened in 1894 by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Junction Railway on the line from Gospel Oak to Barking. View north west from an overbridge towards Blackhorse Road and Gospel Oak, a few years before the line was electrified. See Image for a post-electrification view in the opposite direction, some 6 years later.

This entrance leads both to the station itself and into Exeter Road on the opposite side of the railway. There are no ticket gates at this station no doubt because these would block access from Exmouth Road to Exeter Road across the bridge over the tracks.

The cemetery is suffering from some degree of dereliction. There are tilted and toppled grave stones, sunken graves and plenty of rather dried up weeds.

Looking north-northeast.