Goodmayes railway station is on the

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serving the district of

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in the

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, east London. It is down the line from

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and is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is GMY, and it is in

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. The station was opened in 1901 by the

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. It is managed and served by the

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History

Goodmayes station was opened on 8 February 1901 by the

(GER) on the

out of

at the same time as the line between and was being upgraded from 2 tracks to 4 tracks. Although delayed by

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of the local tracks of the Great Eastern line between and finally opened on 7 November 1949 and steam-hauled trains using articulated carriages and N7 tank engines were replaced by Class 306 Electric Multiple Units. These in turn were replaced by Class 315 units from 1980.

Yards and connections

There was an extensive

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for goods traffic on the down side of the line which extended from the station building a considerable distance towards . This was a busy yard with a

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controlling movements, and after 1900 a

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and water tower were added, and part of the yard was given over to Permanent Way maintenance. The yard closed in 1962 and after the tracks were removed the land was grassed until replaced by a supermarket, other shops and housing. At the end of the 19th Century a short line extended from the eastern end of the yard and curved away under the High Road to a gravel pit. This line was still extant in 1914 but had been removed by 1938 when housing covered the area. Early in the 20th Century a large yard was constructed on the up side of the line extending as far as Kinfauns Road. Associated with this was the

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which built to transport materials that were used in construction of the Becontree Estate, although this was removed after construction of the estate was completed.

Elizabeth line

In 2017 new trains entered operation on the Shenfield – London Liverpool Street route as the new

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service partially opened. The four platforms at Goodmayes have been extended from their current length of to accommodate the new trains, which are over long at their full nine carriage length. The station also received three new lifts providing access to all platforms, improved lighting and signage, help points, and new ticket machines and gates within a refurbished ticket hall.

Location

The station is located on Goodmayes Road in the

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routes

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and EL3 serve the station.

Services

Historic

After electrification in 1949 an even off-peak service pattern of three trains each way per hour evenly spaced was introduced. In 1952 the down trains were at 12, 32 and 52 minutes past the hour, all trains going to , while in peak hours there were additional trains, some running to/from . Over 30 years later the pattern had not altered significantly so that in 1984 there were: * 3 tph (2 tph on Sundays) to Gidea Park calling at , and . * 3 tph (2 tph on Sundays) to calling at , , , , , and . These trains all originated from Down trains ran at 17, 37 and 57 minutes past the hour Mondays-Saturdays between 05:17 and 23:37 with additional trains in the rush hour. On Sundays the trains ran at 19 and 49 minutes past the hour. Overnight there were two trains to , one train to and one train to . All of these trains originated at and called at all stations. Up trains ran at 06, 26 and 46 minutes past the hour Mondays-Saturdays between 05:06 and 23:46 with additional trains in the rush hour. On Sundays the trains ran at 16 and 46 minutes past the hour. Overnight there were two trains from , one train from and one train from . These all called at all stations from their point of origin to .

Current

All services at Goodmayes are operated by the

using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 8 tph to of which 2 continue to * 8 tph to During the peak hours, the station is served by a number of additional services between

and . These services do not call at . On Sundays, the service to and from Shenfield is reduced to 4 tph, with alternating services running only as far as Gidea Park.

References

Citation

References

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External links

Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
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