Woodgrange Park railway station is a National Rail station on Romford Road in the Manor Park neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham in northeast London, England. The station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line and is the penultimate station on the eastern extremity of that line. The station is managed by London Overground who also provide all train services. It has only limited station buildings and facilities and has low usage for a suburban station with 171,972 entries and exits during 2009/10.
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