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South Woodford
Western entrance on George Lane
Location	South Woodford
Local authority	London Borough of Redbridge
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	3.711 million
2008	3.840 million
2009	4.093 million
2019	5.27 million
2020	2.31 million
2021	2.38 million
2022	3.79 million
2023	4.05 million
Key dates
1856	Opened
6 January 1964	Goods yard closed
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
London transport portal

South Woodford tube station is a London Underground station on the Central Line, between Snaresbrook and Woodford in Zone 4.

History

The station opened as South Woodford (George Lane) on 22 August 1856 as part of the Eastern Counties Railway branch to Loughton, which was eventually extended to Epping and Ongar in 1865. The station then formed part of the Great Eastern Railway's system until that company was merged into the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The station was subsequently transferred to form part of London Underground's Central Line from 14 December 1947. This formed a part of the long planned, and delayed, Eastern Extension of the Central line that was part of the London Passenger Transport Board's "New Works Programme" of 1935 - 1940.

The station underwent considerable renovations in 2006, 150 years after its first opening.

The suffix "George Lane" has been officially dropped since 1947, upon transfer to the Underground, but is, unusually, retained on the station's nameplate roundels.

It was once suggested that the Victoria Line could be extended to Woodford or South Woodford stations.

Transport links

London bus routes 679, N55 and orther routes 958.

Route Number	Route	Via	Operator	Operation
179	Chingford [REDACTED] to Ilford Hainault Street	Woodford Green, South Woodford , Gants Hill	First London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
549	South Woodford Station to Loughton Station	Woodford , Roding Valley , Buckhurst Hill	Docklands Buses	Mon-Sat except evenings. London Buses service. Times
W12	Walthamstow Coppermill Lane to Wanstead Station	Walthamstow Central [REDACTED] , Whipps Cross Hospital, South Woodford	HCT Group	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W13	Woodford Wells to Leytonstone Station	Woodford Green, Snaresbrook , Wanstead	HCT Group	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W14	Leyton Asda to Woodford Bridge	South Woodford , Wanstead , Leytonstone	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times

References

1. ^ "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Cite error: The named reference "infobox_stats_ref_tube_2007" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
2. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
5. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
6. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
7. Hardy, Brian, ed. (2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

External links

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