Maryland railway station

Maryland

Maryland Location of Maryland in Greater London
Location	Maryland (Stratford)
Local authority	London Borough of Newham
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Station code	MYL
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	3
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004-05	0.197 million[2]
2005-06	0.197 [1] million[2]
2006-07	0.450 million[2]
6 January 1873	Opened
28 October 1940	Renamed
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
London Transport portal UK Railways portal

Coordinates: 51°32′46″N 0°00′21″E / 51.546°N 0.0059°E / 51.546; 0.0059

Maryland railway station is located in Maryland, an area of Stratford, in the London Borough of Newham in east London, England. It was originally known as Maryland Point, and is just east of Stratford station in Travelcard Zone 3, on the Great Eastern Main Line. It was first opened on 6 January 1873, adopting its current name on 28 October 1940.^[3] Of the four platforms, those serving the fast lines are only in operation during engineering works affecting the slow lines.

The station is one of the primary rail access points for the residential areas in the north of Stratford and the south of Leytonstone in east London. The area surrounding the station has seen much redevelopment in recent years, and has been redeveloped for further improvements.

Like all of the other Shenfield Metro slow service stations (apart from Stratford, Romford and Shenfield) fast trains on the Great Eastern main line don't usually stop at the station despite it, like all the others, having four platforms.

Train Services

The following services currently call at Maryland:

Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
NXEA	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Maryland - Forest Gate - Manor Park - Ilford - Seven Kings - Goodmayes - Chadwell Heath - Romford - Gidea Park - Harold Wood - Brentwood - Shenfield	Class 315	6x per hour

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Forest Gate		National Express East Anglia Shenfield Metro		Stratford
		Future Development
Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Stratford towards Maidenhead or Heathrow Airport		Crossrail Line 1		Forest Gate towards Shenfield

Olympics

During the 2012 London Olympics Maryland station will be heavily used by fans who want to get into the venues in Stratford. As a result this station may be closed for either entrance or exit because of the huge amount of people who will arrive at the Games.

Transport links

London Bus route 69, 257, 308 and night route N8.

Future

Maryland station was added to the planned Crossrail route in August 2006, after campaigning by Newham Council, the London Transport Users Committee and others. The platforms are too small for Crossrail's ten-car trains, and cannot easily be lengthened, but a full service will be provided using Selective Door Operation, such that doors on some carriages will remain closed. An agreement was also reached about improving access to the station. Crossrail is due to start operation before 2020 and the Shenfield Metro will not run as a result of Crossrail but you can access Crossrail to go to destinations such as Ealing Broadway and Mainhead.

Services

The station is served by National Express East Anglia metro services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield. Trains depart in each direction approximately every 10 minutes.

References

1. ^ Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. ^ "News in Brief", The Times, 23 October 1940, p. 2.

Gallery

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  Looking east along slow platforms 1 and 2

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  Looking west along slow platforms, towards Stratford

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  Station signage