On 13 February 1919 there was an accident at Wood Street when a passenger train ran into an empty stock train. Five people were injured – none seriously. The cause was a signal failure.[3]
When construction of the London Underground's Victoria line was given parliamentary approval in 1955, the plan was to build the line past Walthamstow Central station to Wood Street, where the line would surface to terminate next to the British Railways station, on land previously used as a coal depot. Before construction work started, a decision was made in 1961 to omit the section beyond Walthamstow Central.[4][5]
The line was electrified in 1960, and electric services commenced on 12 November. At first Class 305 EMUs were used, but initial technical problems led to their replacement by Class 302 and Class 304 EMUs.[6]
The station had a goods depot, which closed on 6 May 1968.[7]
There was an engine shed located just north of Wood Street which was a sub-shed of Stratford TMD and was built in 1878.[8] The engine shed was a two road affair with space for 6 tank locomotives – there was also a short siding for coal wagons. An additional siding was added c1934.[9] By the 1950s the staff complement was 36 drivers, 36 Firemen and six Passed Cleaners although recruitment for what was a hard dirty job became more difficult during that decade.[10]
On 1 January 1922 the allocation consisted of three GER Class M15 2-4-2Ts (later LNER Class F4), two GER Class C72 (later LNER Class J68) and eleven GER Class S56 (later LNER class J69) 0-6-0T engines.[11]
In later years the main allocation of the shed was tank engines for working suburban services to and from London Liverpool Street and from the 1920s the allocation was exclusively the LNER N7 0-6-2T locomotives.
The shed was closed in 1960 when the line was electrified.
^Allen, Cecil J (1955). The Great Eastern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 234–239.
^Voisey, Francis (January 2005). Great Eastern Railway Society Journal (121): 121.18 –121.19. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"Victoria Line Change". London Transport Magazine. 15 (10): 5. January 1962. Plans for the alignment in the Walthamstow area of the proposed Victoria tube railway line are being changed so that it ends at Hoe Street station, and not at Wood Street station as originally intended. This is because alterations to the layout of the British Railways track and overhead electrical equipment at Wood Street would too costly. Satisfactory interchange with the Eastern Region electric service to Highams Park and Chingford will be provided at Hoe Street. [...] The revision of plans will cut the capital cost of the Victoria line by about €1,400,000.
^Horne, Mike (2005). The Victoria Line: An Illustrated History. Capital Transport. p. 26. ISBN1-85414-292-5.
^Baker, John (July 1993). "Great Eastern section Electrification part 6". Great Eastern Journal (75): 29.
^Jackson, Alan A (1999). London's Local Railways ((2nd run) ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. p. 379. ISBN1-85414-209-7.
^Hardy, Richard (April 2005). "Wood Street Loco – W J Barker Shed Chargeman". Great Eastern Railway Journal. 122: 122.2 –122.6.
^Hawkins, Chris (1986). Great Eastern Railway Engine Sheds Part 1. Didcot: Wild Swan. pp. 62–68. ISBN0-906867-40-1.
^Goodey, Peter (October 2004). Great Eastern Railway Society Journal. 104: 20. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Hawkins, Chris; Reeves, George (1987). Great Eastern Railway Engine Shed Part 2. Didcot UK: Wild Swan. p. 379. ISBN0-906867-48-7.
