Leytonstone tube station
Towards Central London, the next station is Leyton, while going east from Leytonstone, the line divides into two branches.This formed part of the New Works Programme (1935–1940) that was to see major changes at Leytonstone with the station becoming the junction of the existing Loughton-Epping-Ongar line, newly electrified, with the new tube tunnel running under Eastern Avenue towards Newbury Park.This work saw a complete reconstruction of the station along with the removal of the level crossing at Church Lane and its replacement by an underbridge.The work stopped in May 1940 due to wartime priorities; further delays were caused by the station buildings being hit by a German bomb in January 1944.During the war, the new tunnels were used as an aircraft component factory; the part closest to Leytonstone was a public air-raid shelter.