Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan da aka ba da izinin jiragen kasa a shekarar 1948, tashar ta zama wani ɓangare na British Railways Eastern Region. Ambaliyar ruwan Tekun Arewa
na 31 ga Janairu 1953 ya ga waƙoƙi a tashar ambaliya. An rufe tashar a ranar 6 ga Mayu 1957 saboda rashin zirga-zirga da kuma kusanci da babban tashar Stratford, wanda kuma wasu layuka ke aiki. Hanyoyin sun kasance duk da haka, tare da sabis na ci gaba zuwa Arewacin Woolwich.